Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCBG or SBCF?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 67 more outperform votes than Capital City Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.76% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 54.44% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital City Bank Group	Outperform Votes 233 54.44%	Underperform Votes 195 45.56%
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	Outperform Votes 300 59.76%	Underperform Votes 202 40.24%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCBG or SBCF?

Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCBG or SBCF?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has higher revenue and earnings than Capital City Bank Group. Capital City Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, 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
Capital City Bank Group	$270.63M	2.22	$52.92M	$3.12	11.38
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	$808.99M	2.98	$120.99M	$1.43	19.70

Is CCBG or SBCF more profitable?

Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 19.55% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 14.95%. Capital City Bank Group's return on equity of 11.45% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital City Bank Group	19.55%	11.45%	1.25%
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	14.95%	5.91%	0.85%

Is CCBG or SBCF a better dividend stock?

Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Capital City Bank Group pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 50.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer CCBG or SBCF?

Capital City Bank Group presently has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.01%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a consensus price target of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.37%. Given Capital City Bank Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital City Bank Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media favor CCBG or SBCF?

In the previous week, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida had 1 more articles in the media than Capital City Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida and 0 mentions for Capital City Bank Group. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Capital City Bank Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capital City Bank Group	Neutral
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	Positive

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

44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida beats Capital City Bank Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.