CAC vs. TOWN, BANR, FRME, SBCF, RNST, NBTB, TRMK, WSBC, EFSC, and SYBT
Should you be buying Camden National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden National include TowneBank (TOWN), Banner (BANR), First Merchants (FRME), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Renasant (RNST), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), and Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Camden National vs.
TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) and Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, TowneBank had 1 more articles in the media than Camden National. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TowneBank and 4 mentions for Camden National. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat TowneBank's score of 0.54 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TowneBank has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Camden National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TowneBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TowneBank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. TowneBank pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camden National pays out 52.5% 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. TowneBank has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
TowneBank has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden National has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
56.0% of TowneBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Camden National shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of TowneBank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Camden National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Camden National received 58 more outperform votes than TowneBank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave TowneBank an outperform vote.
Camden National has a net margin of 16.47% compared to TowneBank's net margin of 14.89%. Camden National's return on equity of 9.95% beat TowneBank's return on equity.
TowneBank currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.79%. Camden National has a consensus price target of $46.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.63%. Given TowneBank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TowneBank is more favorable than Camden National.
Summary
TowneBank beats Camden National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CAC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
