BayCom (BCML) Competitors

Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) and BayCom (NASDAQ:BCML) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCB or BCML?

BayCom received 70 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 14 63.64%	Underperform Votes 8 36.36%
BayCom	Outperform Votes 84 55.26%	Underperform Votes 68 44.74%

Do analysts rate CCB or BCML?

Coastal Financial currently has a consensus price target of $81.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.64%. BayCom has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Given BayCom's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BayCom is more favorable than Coastal Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
BayCom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CCB or BCML more profitable?

BayCom has a net margin of 17.22% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 5.98%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 13.86% beat BayCom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	5.98%	13.86%	1.10%
BayCom	17.22%	7.56%	0.93%

Which has more volatility & risk, CCB or BCML?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayCom has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CCB or BCML?

In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than BayCom. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Coastal Financial and 6 mentions for BayCom. BayCom's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Coastal Financial's score of 1.34 indicating that BayCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coastal Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BayCom	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCB or BCML?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of BayCom shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of BayCom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCB or BCML?

Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BayCom. BayCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, 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
Coastal Financial	$444.25M	2.58	$44.58M	$2.97	28.54
BayCom	$99.56M	2.88	$27.42M	$2.10	12.29

Summary

Coastal Financial beats BayCom on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.