FMNB vs. CCBG, WASH, HTBK, THFF, SPFI, IBCP, CPF, HBNC, CCNE, and UVSP
Should you be buying Farmers National Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers National Banc include Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), First Financial (THFF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), Independent Bank (IBCP), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), CNB Financial (CCNE), and Univest Financial (UVSP).
Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) and Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Farmers National Banc had 3 more articles in the media than Capital City Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Farmers National Banc and 2 mentions for Capital City Bank Group. Capital City Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Farmers National Banc's score of 0.02 indicating that Capital City Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Farmers National Banc currently has a consensus price target of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.25%. Capital City Bank Group has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.47%. Given Capital City Bank Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Farmers National Banc.
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.
38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Farmers National Banc has a net margin of 21.05% compared to Capital City Bank Group's net margin of 19.86%. Farmers National Banc's return on equity of 16.05% beat Capital City Bank Group'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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