CAC vs. SBCF, RNST, WSBC, BANR, TRMK, NBTB, EFSC, SYBT, OFG, and FBNC
Should you be buying Camden National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden National include Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Renasant (RNST), WesBanco (WSBC), Banner (BANR), Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and First Bancorp (FBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Camden National vs.
Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Camden National has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Camden National pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 50.3% 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. Camden National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Camden National currently has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.17%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.37%. Given Camden National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Camden National is more favorable than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida.
Camden National has a net margin of 18.02% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 14.95%. Camden National's return on equity of 10.38% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
77.4% of Camden National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 35 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.34% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Camden National had 1 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Camden National and 1 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Camden National's score of 0.56 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Camden National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Camden National and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CAC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff