CCBG vs. FMNB, THFF, WASH, HTBK, CCNE, IBCP, MSBI, HBNC, CPF, and BFST
Should you be buying Capital City Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital City Bank Group include Farmers National Banc (FMNB), First Financial (THFF), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), CNB Financial (CCNE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Business First Bancshares (BFST).
Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) and Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Farmers National Banc and Farmers National Banc both had 9 articles in the media. Farmers National Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Capital City Bank Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Capital City Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Farmers National Banc currently has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.35%. Capital City Bank Group has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.15%. Given Capital City Bank Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Farmers National Banc is more favorable than Capital City Bank Group.
Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Farmers National Banc pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capital City Bank Group has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
Capital City Bank Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Farmers National Banc. Farmers National Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital City Bank Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital City Bank Group received 35 more outperform votes than Farmers National Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.60% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote.
Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Farmers National Banc has a net margin of 21.05% compared to Farmers National Banc's net margin of 19.86%. Capital City Bank Group's return on equity of 16.05% beat Farmers National Banc's return on equity.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Farmers National Banc on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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