CCNE vs. OFG, CHCO, FBNC, LKFN, FCF, NBHC, SASR, HOPE, SRCE, and TCBK
Should you be buying CNB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNB Financial include OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), First Bancorp (FBNC), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), National Bank (NBHC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), 1st Source (SRCE), and TriCo Bancshares (TCBK). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
CNB Financial vs.
CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
CNB Financial has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OFG Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than CNB Financial. CNB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFG Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 22.68% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 14.90%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 15.69% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.
CNB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.22%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Given CNB Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
OFG Bancorp received 16 more outperform votes than CNB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave CNB Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CNB Financial had 4 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CNB Financial and 3 mentions for OFG Bancorp. CNB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that CNB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. CNB Financial pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 24.3% 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.
52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of CNB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CCNE) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
