FMNB vs. WASH, CCBG, THFF, SPFI, HTBK, CCNE, IBCP, HBNC, CPF, and MOFG
Should you be buying Farmers National Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers National Banc include Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), First Financial (THFF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), CNB Financial (CCNE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) and Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Farmers National Banc has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Washington Trust Bancorp. Farmers National Banc 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.
In the previous week, Washington Trust Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Farmers National Banc. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp and 3 mentions for Farmers National Banc. Washington Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Farmers National Banc's score of 0.84 indicating that Farmers National Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Farmers National Banc has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.89%. Given Washington Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Farmers National Banc is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. Farmers National Banc pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Washington Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Farmers National Banc has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Washington Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Farmers National Banc has a net margin of 21.05% compared to Farmers National Banc's net margin of 12.01%. Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 15.68% beat Farmers National Banc's return on equity.
Farmers National Banc received 3 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.60% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Farmers National Banc beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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