SBCF vs. INDB, TOWN, HTLF, BOH, FBK, CVBF, OFG, RNST, BANR, and LKFN
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 Independent Bank (INDB), TowneBank (TOWN), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), FB Financial (FBK), CVB Financial (CVBF), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), and Lakeland Financial (LKFN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Independent Bank received 89 more outperform votes than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.16% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 55.08% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote.
81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Independent Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 23.97% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 15.08%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 7.85% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank pays out 44.0% 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. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida currently has a consensus target price of $26.10, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Independent Bank has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. Given Independent Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida.
In the previous week, Independent Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Independent Bank and 2 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Independent Bank's score of 1.19 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Independent Bank 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.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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