Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) Competitors

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is BKU or CCBG a better dividend stock?

BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. BankUnited pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital City Bank Group pays out 30.8% 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. Capital City Bank Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, BKU or CCBG?

BankUnited has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BKU or CCBG?

99.7% of BankUnited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BKU or CCBG more profitable?

Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 19.55% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 11.48%. Capital City Bank Group's return on equity of 11.45% beat BankUnited's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BankUnited	11.48%	8.48%	0.66%
Capital City Bank Group	19.55%	11.45%	1.25%

Do analysts recommend BKU or CCBG?

BankUnited presently has a consensus target price of $42.18, indicating a potential upside of 34.63%. Capital City Bank Group has a consensus target price of $38.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.76%. Given BankUnited's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BankUnited is more favorable than Capital City Bank Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BankUnited	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Capital City Bank Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BKU or CCBG?

BankUnited received 170 more outperform votes than Capital City Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.43% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote while only 54.31% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BankUnited	Outperform Votes 403 55.43%	Underperform Votes 324 44.57%
Capital City Bank Group	Outperform Votes 233 54.31%	Underperform Votes 196 45.69%

Does the media favor BKU or CCBG?

In the previous week, BankUnited had 4 more articles in the media than Capital City Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BankUnited and 4 mentions for Capital City Bank Group. Capital City Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat BankUnited's score of 0.79 indicating that Capital City Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BankUnited	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital City Bank Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BKU or CCBG?

BankUnited has higher revenue and earnings than Capital City Bank Group. BankUnited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital City Bank Group, 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
BankUnited	$1.01B	2.33	$232.47M	$3.08	10.17
Capital City Bank Group	$226.50M	2.58	$52.92M	$3.12	10.99

Summary

Capital City Bank Group beats BankUnited on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.