CAC vs. HTLF, INDB, BOH, CVBF, TOWN, SFNC, BKU, TBBK, FRME, and FFBC
Should you be buying Camden National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden National include Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Independent Bank (INDB), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), TowneBank (TOWN), Simmons First National (SFNC), BankUnited (BKU), Bancorp (TBBK), First Merchants (FRME), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Camden National vs.
Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) and Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Heartland Financial USA currently has a consensus price target of $49.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.46%. Camden National has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.35%. Given Camden National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Camden National is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
Camden National has a net margin of 18.02% compared to Heartland Financial USA's net margin of 8.79%. Heartland Financial USA's return on equity of 10.81% beat Camden National's return on equity.
In the previous week, Camden National had 5 more articles in the media than Heartland Financial USA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Camden National and 1 mentions for Heartland Financial USA. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Heartland Financial USA's score of 0.00 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heartland Financial USA received 134 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.78% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave Heartland Financial USA an outperform vote.
71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Camden National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Camden National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Heartland Financial USA has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Camden National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Financial USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heartland Financial USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Heartland Financial USA pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camden National pays out 46.4% 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. Camden National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden National has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Camden National beats Heartland Financial USA on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CAC) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
