Colony Bankcorp (CBAN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CCB or CBAN?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCB or CBAN?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CCB or CBAN?

Coastal Financial currently has a consensus target price of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.83%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than Colony Bankcorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Colony Bankcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CCB or CBAN more profitable?

Colony Bankcorp has a net margin of 13.51% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 6.43%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.98% beat Colony Bankcorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%
Colony Bankcorp	13.51%	9.64%	0.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCB or CBAN?

Colony Bankcorp received 90 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Colony Bankcorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 16 66.67%	Underperform Votes 8 33.33%
Colony Bankcorp	Outperform Votes 106 57.61%	Underperform Votes 78 42.39%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CCB or CBAN?

Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Colony Bankcorp. Colony Bankcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, 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
Coastal Financial	$703.32M	1.72	$45.22M	$3.25	27.56
Colony Bankcorp	$176.62M	1.67	$23.87M	$1.35	12.50

Does the media prefer CCB or CBAN?

In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Colony Bankcorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Coastal Financial and 0 mentions for Colony Bankcorp. Coastal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Coastal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coastal Financial	Neutral
Colony Bankcorp	Neutral

Summary

Coastal Financial beats Colony Bankcorp on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.