CARE vs. NEWT, CBNK, FDBC, FISI, PFIS, GNTY, BCAL, FNLC, SHBI, and FLIC
Should you be buying Carter Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter Bankshares include NewtekOne (NEWT), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), Financial Institutions (FISI), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), First Bancorp (FNLC), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and First of Long Island (FLIC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Carter Bankshares (NASDAQ:CARE) and NewtekOne (NASDAQ:NEWT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
NewtekOne has higher revenue and earnings than Carter Bankshares. NewtekOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carter Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NewtekOne had 13 more articles in the media than Carter Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for NewtekOne and 3 mentions for Carter Bankshares. Carter Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat NewtekOne's score of 0.60 indicating that Carter Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Carter Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewtekOne has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NewtekOne has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Carter Bankshares' net margin of 6.11%. NewtekOne's return on equity of 18.74% beat Carter Bankshares' return on equity.
41.5% of Carter Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of NewtekOne shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Carter Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of NewtekOne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NewtekOne received 289 more outperform votes than Carter Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.19% of users gave NewtekOne an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Carter Bankshares an outperform vote.
NewtekOne has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.20%. Given NewtekOne's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NewtekOne is more favorable than Carter Bankshares.
Summary
NewtekOne beats Carter Bankshares on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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