SBCF vs. TOWN, INDB, FBK, CVBF, BOH, RNST, OFG, LKFN, BANR, and CATY
Should you be buying Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida include TowneBank (TOWN), Independent Bank (INDB), FB Financial (FBK), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Renasant (RNST), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Banner (BANR), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TowneBank has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TowneBank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TowneBank pays out 49.8% 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. TowneBank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida had 9 more articles in the media than TowneBank. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida and 1 mentions for TowneBank. TowneBank's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of 0.07 indicating that TowneBank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TowneBank shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of TowneBank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida presently has a consensus price target of $26.10, suggesting a potential upside of 8.21%. TowneBank has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.06%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than TowneBank.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 91 more outperform votes than TowneBank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave TowneBank an outperform vote.
TowneBank has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. TowneBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TowneBank has a net margin of 15.50% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 15.08%. TowneBank's return on equity of 7.51% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
Summary
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida and TowneBank tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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