CBFV vs. FRAF, UNB, PEBK, MBCN, CIZN, CCBG, WASH, SPFI, THFF, and CCNE
Should you be buying CB Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CB Financial Services include Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Union Bankshares (UNB), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Citizens (CIZN), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), and CNB Financial (CCNE). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and Franklin Financial Services (NASDAQ:FRAF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Franklin Financial Services had 2 more articles in the media than CB Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Franklin Financial Services and 3 mentions for CB Financial Services. Franklin Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.62 indicating that Franklin Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CB Financial Services received 135 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CB Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.73%. Given CB Financial Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Franklin Financial Services.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Financial Services has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to Franklin Financial Services' net margin of 13.69%. Franklin Financial Services' return on equity of 10.91% beat CB Financial Services' return on equity.
CB Financial Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Financial Services. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Franklin Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Financial Services pays out 41.0% 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.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Franklin Financial Services on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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