CHCO vs. TRMK, NBTB, FCF, WSBC, HOPE, NBHC, TBBK, WABC, FRME, and SASR
Should you be buying City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City include Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), WesBanco (WSBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), National Bank (NBHC), Bancorp (TBBK), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), First Merchants (FRME), and Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
City (NASDAQ:CHCO) and Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
City has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustmark has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
City pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. City pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trustmark pays out 35.8% 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. Trustmark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Trustmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of City shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Trustmark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
City has a net margin of 33.78% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 13.82%. City's return on equity of 18.31% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
City presently has a consensus target price of $104.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Trustmark has a consensus target price of $32.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Given Trustmark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trustmark is more favorable than City.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than City. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trustmark received 35 more outperform votes than City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.90% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave City an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 19 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Trustmark and 13 mentions for City. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat City's score of 0.50 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Trustmark beats City on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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