Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN) Competitors

Colony Bankcorp (NASDAQ:CBAN) and Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CBAN or AUBN?

Colony Bankcorp has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Auburn National Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colony Bankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colony Bankcorp	$115.45M	2.51	$23.87M	$1.35	12.25
Auburn National Bancorporation	$30.60M	2.47	$6.40M	$1.84	11.77

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CBAN or AUBN?

50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CBAN or AUBN more profitable?

Colony Bankcorp has a net margin of 13.51% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 2.43%. Colony Bankcorp's return on equity of 9.64% beat Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colony Bankcorp	13.51%	9.64%	0.85%
Auburn National Bancorporation	2.43%	8.20%	0.64%

Is CBAN or AUBN a better dividend stock?

Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Colony Bankcorp pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 58.7% 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.

Does the media prefer CBAN or AUBN?

In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation had 1 more articles in the media than Colony Bankcorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation and 2 mentions for Colony Bankcorp. Auburn National Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of -0.16 indicating that Auburn National Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colony Bankcorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Auburn National Bancorporation	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBAN or AUBN?

Colony Bankcorp received 36 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.61% of users gave Colony Bankcorp an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colony Bankcorp	Outperform Votes 106 57.61%	Underperform Votes 78 42.39%
Auburn National Bancorporation	Outperform Votes 70 55.56%	Underperform Votes 56 44.44%

Which has more volatility and risk, CBAN or AUBN?

Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Colony Bankcorp beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.