CHCO vs. TBBK, WSBC, NBTB, FCF, WABC, NBHC, HOPE, TRMK, FRME, and SASR
Should you be buying City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City include Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Trustmark (TRMK), First Merchants (FRME), and Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) and City (NASDAQ:CHCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
96.2% of Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of City 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.
Bancorp has a net margin of 39.94% compared to Bancorp's net margin of 33.78%. City's return on equity of 26.32% beat Bancorp's return on equity.
Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than City. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Bancorp and 12 mentions for City. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat City's score of 0.53 indicating that City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.14%. City has a consensus target price of $106.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.95%. Given City's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bancorp is more favorable than City.
Bancorp received 95 more outperform votes than City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave City an outperform vote.
Bancorp has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bancorp beats City on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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