WASH vs. CCBG, THFF, FMNB, CCNE, HTBK, CPF, HBNC, MOFG, UVSP, and MBWM
Should you be buying Washington Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Washington Trust Bancorp include Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), First Financial (THFF), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), CNB Financial (CCNE), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Univest Financial (UVSP), and Mercantile Bank (MBWM). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) and Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% 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.
Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Washington Trust Bancorp's net margin of 12.01%. Capital City Bank Group's return on equity of 12.26% beat Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Washington Trust Bancorp pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Capital City Bank Group has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.48%. Given Capital City Bank Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
Capital City Bank Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Washington Trust Bancorp. Capital City Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Washington Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital City Bank Group received 38 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Washington Trust Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than Capital City Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp and 7 mentions for Capital City Bank Group. Washington Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Capital City Bank Group's score of -0.06 indicating that Washington Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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