MSBI vs. CCBG, FSB, BFST, CPF, FFIC, IBTX, HTLF, MBIN, FBK, and TFIN
Should you be buying Midland States Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midland States Bancorp include Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Franklin Financial Network (FSB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), FB Financial (FBK), and Triumph Financial (TFIN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) and Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Midland States Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Capital City Bank Group. Midland States Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital City Bank Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital City Bank Group received 50 more outperform votes than Midland States Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote while only 46.79% of users gave Midland States Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Capital City Bank Group had 2 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capital City Bank Group and 2 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. Capital City Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Midland States Bancorp's score of 0.87 indicating that Midland States Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Midland States Bancorp pays out 42.2% 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. Capital City Bank Group has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Midland States Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Midland States Bancorp shares are owned 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.
Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Capital City Bank Group's net margin of 15.17%. Midland States Bancorp's return on equity of 12.26% beat Capital City Bank Group's return on equity.
Capital City Bank Group presently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.10%. Midland States Bancorp has a consensus price target of $25.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Midland States Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Midland States Bancorp.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Midland States Bancorp on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Midland States Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MSBI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSBI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Midland States Bancorp Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
