Cannae (CNNE) Competitors

First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) and Cannae (NYSE:CNNE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FBNC or CNNE?

First Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Cannae. Cannae is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Bancorp	$546.25M	2.46	$104.13M	$2.77	11.77
Cannae	$526.40M	2.47	-$313.40M	-$5.44	-3.81

Which has more risk & volatility, FBNC or CNNE?

First Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cannae has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FBNC or CNNE more profitable?

First Bancorp has a net margin of 20.58% compared to First Bancorp's net margin of -74.62%. Cannae's return on equity of 8.62% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancorp	20.58%	8.62%	0.95%
Cannae	-74.62%	-16.50%	-14.21%

Does the media prefer FBNC or CNNE?

In the previous week, First Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Cannae. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Bancorp and 0 mentions for Cannae. First Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Cannae's score of 1.12 indicating that Cannae is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Bancorp	Positive
Cannae	Very Positive

Is FBNC or CNNE a better dividend stock?

First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Cannae pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Bancorp pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cannae pays out -8.8% 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.

Do analysts prefer FBNC or CNNE?

First Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.23%. Cannae has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 33.59%. Given First Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cannae is more favorable than First Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cannae	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FBNC or CNNE?

First Bancorp received 273 more outperform votes than Cannae when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave Cannae an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancorp	Outperform Votes 404 63.13%	Underperform Votes 236 36.88%
Cannae	Outperform Votes 131 61.50%	Underperform Votes 82 38.50%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FBNC or CNNE?

68.4% of First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Cannae shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Cannae shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Bancorp beats Cannae on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.