CBAN vs. ICBK, MFNC, MBCN, PEBK, MRLN, SBSI, AMAL, CTBI, FMBH, and CNOB
Should you be buying Colony Bankcorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colony Bankcorp include County Bancorp (ICBK), Mackinac Financial (MFNC), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
County Bancorp (NASDAQ:ICBK) and Colony Bankcorp (NASDAQ:CBAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
County Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Colony Bankcorp has higher revenue and earnings than County Bancorp. Colony Bankcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. County Bancorp pays out 13.2% 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. Colony Bankcorp has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Colony Bankcorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
County Bancorp received 181 more outperform votes than Colony Bankcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.63% of users gave Colony Bankcorp an outperform vote while only 51.36% of users gave County Bancorp an outperform vote.
County Bancorp has a net margin of 27.50% compared to County Bancorp's net margin of 13.17%. Colony Bankcorp's return on equity of 11.73% beat County Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Colony Bankcorp had 3 more articles in the media than County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Colony Bankcorp and 0 mentions for County Bancorp. County Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Colony Bankcorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.4% of County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
County Bancorp beats Colony Bankcorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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