Colony Bankcorp (CBAN) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and Colony Bankcorp (NASDAQ:CBAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is OBK or CBAN more profitable?

Colony Bankcorp has a net margin of 12.75% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 12.12%. Colony Bankcorp's return on equity of 8.86% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	12.12%	7.36%	0.82%
Colony Bankcorp	12.75%	8.86%	0.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBK or CBAN?

Colony Bankcorp received 95 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Colony Bankcorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Colony Bankcorp	Outperform Votes 106 57.61%	Underperform Votes 78 42.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, OBK or CBAN?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OBK or CBAN?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OBK or CBAN?

Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $36.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.09%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Colony Bankcorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Colony Bankcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, OBK or CBAN?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Colony Bankcorp. Colony Bankcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, 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
Origin Bancorp	$354.68M	3.08	$83.80M	$2.43	14.41
Colony Bankcorp	$160.55M	1.72	$21.75M	$1.25	12.62

Is OBK or CBAN a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Origin Bancorp pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colony Bankcorp pays out 36.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to OBK or CBAN?

In the previous week, Colony Bankcorp had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Colony Bankcorp and 2 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of 0.66 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Colony Bankcorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Origin Bancorp beats Colony Bankcorp on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.