CFB vs. CPF, FMBH, CATC, HTBK, LBC, CVBF, BOH, INDB, PPBI, and HTH
Should you be buying CrossFirst Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossFirst Bankshares include Central Pacific Financial (CPF), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Luther Burbank (LBC), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Independent Bank (INDB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), and Hilltop (HTH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CrossFirst Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFB) and Central Pacific Financial (NYSE:CPF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
CrossFirst Bankshares has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Pacific Financial has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CrossFirst Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than Central Pacific Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CrossFirst Bankshares and 2 mentions for Central Pacific Financial. CrossFirst Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Central Pacific Financial's score of 0.50 indicating that CrossFirst Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Central Pacific Financial received 231 more outperform votes than CrossFirst Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.80% of users gave Central Pacific Financial an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave CrossFirst Bankshares an outperform vote.
56.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Central Pacific Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Central Pacific Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Central Pacific Financial has a net margin of 16.44% compared to CrossFirst Bankshares' net margin of 14.37%. Central Pacific Financial's return on equity of 11.34% beat CrossFirst Bankshares' return on equity.
CrossFirst Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Central Pacific Financial. CrossFirst Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Pacific Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CrossFirst Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Central Pacific Financial has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.34%. Given CrossFirst Bankshares' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CrossFirst Bankshares is more favorable than Central Pacific Financial.
Summary
Central Pacific Financial beats CrossFirst Bankshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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