CBAN vs. PKBK, CHMG, CZFS, OVLY, NWFL, FVCB, COFS, FFNW, SBNY, and HMST
Should you be buying Colony Bankcorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colony Bankcorp include Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Chemung Financial (CHMG), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), Norwood Financial (NWFL), FVCBankcorp (FVCB), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Signature Bank (SBNY), and HomeStreet (HMST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Colony Bankcorp (NASDAQ:CBAN) and Parke Bancorp (NASDAQ:PKBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Parke Bancorp has a net margin of 19.22% compared to Colony Bankcorp's net margin of 13.17%. Parke Bancorp's return on equity of 10.91% beat Colony Bankcorp's return on equity.
Parke Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Colony Bankcorp. Parke Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colony Bankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Parke Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Colony Bankcorp pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parke Bancorp pays out 37.3% 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.
Parke Bancorp received 35 more outperform votes than Colony Bankcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Parke Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave Colony Bankcorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Colony Bankcorp had 2 more articles in the media than Parke Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Colony Bankcorp and 0 mentions for Parke Bancorp. Colony Bankcorp's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Parke Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Colony Bankcorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parke Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Parke Bancorp beats Colony Bankcorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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