Camden National (CAC) Competitors

Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAC or BDGE?

77.4% of Camden National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CAC or BDGE a better dividend stock?

Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Camden National pays out 52.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer CAC or BDGE?

Camden National presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.38%. Given Camden National's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Camden National is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Camden National	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bridge Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, CAC or BDGE?

Camden National has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CAC or BDGE?

In the previous week, Camden National had 10 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Camden National and 3 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Camden National	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bridge Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAC or BDGE?

Bridge Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Camden National. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden National, 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
Camden National	$257.28M	2.38	$43.38M	$3.20	13.15
Bridge Bancorp	$206.93M	2.85	$51.69M	$2.59	11.51

Is CAC or BDGE more profitable?

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Camden National's net margin of 16.47%. Camden National's return on equity of 10.09% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camden National	16.47%	10.09%	0.88%
Bridge Bancorp	23.05%	9.83%	0.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAC or BDGE?

Bridge Bancorp received 20 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.53% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camden National	Outperform Votes 263 63.53%	Underperform Votes 151 36.47%
Bridge Bancorp	Outperform Votes 283 55.93%	Underperform Votes 223 44.07%

Summary

Camden National beats Bridge Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.