CCNE vs. THFF, WASH, CCBG, RRBI, MOFG, FMNB, BWB, EBTC, HTBK, and WTBA
Should you be buying CNB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNB Financial include First Financial (THFF), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), and West Bancorporation (WTBA). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, First Financial had 4 more articles in the media than CNB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Financial and 1 mentions for CNB Financial. First Financial's average media sentiment score of -0.23 beat CNB Financial's score of -0.54 indicating that First Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Financial received 67 more outperform votes than CNB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave First Financial an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave CNB Financial an outperform vote.
CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. CNB Financial pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial pays out 35.4% 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.
First Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CNB Financial. First Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNB Financial currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.36%. First Financial has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.66%. Given First Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial is more favorable than CNB Financial.
52.3% of CNB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of First Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CNB Financial has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial has a net margin of 22.38% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 15.96%. First Financial's return on equity of 12.13% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.
Summary
First Financial beats CNB Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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