CALB vs. FMBH, CTBI, CNOB, PFC, CFB, OSBC, UVSP, FCBC, MCBS, and HBT
Should you be buying California BanCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California BanCorp include First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), and HBT Financial (HBT). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
California BanCorp (NASDAQ:CALB) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
First Mid Bancshares received 179 more outperform votes than California BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.23% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave California BanCorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, California BanCorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for California BanCorp and 1 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat California BanCorp's score of 1.25 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Mid Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than California BanCorp. California BanCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mid Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
California BanCorp currently has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.86%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.57%. Given California BanCorp's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe California BanCorp is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.
California BanCorp has a net margin of 17.16% compared to First Mid Bancshares' net margin of 17.01%. California BanCorp's return on equity of 10.90% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.
59.5% of California BanCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of California BanCorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
California BanCorp has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Mid Bancshares beats California BanCorp on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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