CAC vs. AROW, ALRS, BDGE, FISI, CBTX, FRME, HTLF, TRMK, TBBK, and NBTB
Should you be buying Camden National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden National include Arrow Financial (AROW), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Financial Institutions (FISI), CBTX (CBTX), First Merchants (FRME), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Trustmark (TRMK), Bancorp (TBBK), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Camden National has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Arrow Financial'saverage media sentiment score.
Camden National has higher revenue and earnings than Arrow Financial. Camden National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arrow Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Camden National has a net margin of 16.56% compared to Arrow Financial's net margin of 14.34%. Camden National's return on equity of 10.66% beat Arrow Financial's return on equity.
Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Camden National pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arrow Financial pays out 62.8% 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. Camden National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.4% of Camden National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Arrow Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Camden National received 147 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Camden National beats Arrow Financial on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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