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$59.75 +1.91 (+3.30%)
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CFFI vs. HFWA, FCBC, CPF, MBWM, HTBI, HAFC, CAC, GSBC, HBNC, and EGBN

Should you be buying C&F Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&F Financial include Heritage Financial (HFWA), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), and Eagle Bancorp (EGBN). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

C&F Financial vs.

C&F Financial (NASDAQ:CFFI) and Heritage Financial (NASDAQ:HFWA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

37.2% of C&F Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Heritage Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of C&F Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Heritage Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

C&F Financial has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Financial has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Heritage Financial has a consensus price target of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.47%. Given Heritage Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Financial is more favorable than C&F Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
C&F Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Heritage Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Heritage Financial has a net margin of 13.64% compared to C&F Financial's net margin of 11.67%. C&F Financial's return on equity of 8.97% beat Heritage Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
C&F Financial11.67% 8.97% 0.79%
Heritage Financial 13.64%7.17%0.87%

C&F Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Heritage Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. C&F Financial pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heritage Financial pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Heritage Financial has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Heritage Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Heritage Financial received 143 more outperform votes than C&F Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.09% of users gave C&F Financial an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Heritage Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
C&F FinancialOutperform Votes
192
68.09%
Underperform Votes
90
31.91%
Heritage FinancialOutperform Votes
335
57.96%
Underperform Votes
243
42.04%

Heritage Financial has higher revenue and earnings than C&F Financial. C&F Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
C&F Financial$123.69M1.57$19.92M$6.039.91
Heritage Financial$216.84M3.43$43.26M$1.2417.62

In the previous week, Heritage Financial had 2 more articles in the media than C&F Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Heritage Financial and 3 mentions for C&F Financial. Heritage Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat C&F Financial's score of 0.50 indicating that Heritage Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
C&F Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Heritage Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Heritage Financial beats C&F Financial on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFFI vs. The Competition

MetricC&F FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$193.59M$2.87B$10.83B$7.34B
Dividend Yield3.29%4.10%6.00%4.31%
P/E Ratio9.9121.6821.6717.76
Price / Sales1.572.9025.1497.68
Price / Cash9.2910.6317.6134.64
Price / Book0.931.102.563.98
Net Income$19.92M$372.21M$1.03B$247.44M
7 Day Performance2.33%2.77%2.70%4.43%
1 Month Performance-18.60%-6.01%-3.77%-7.73%
1 Year Performance69.02%16.22%535.16%1.28%

C&F Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFI
C&F Financial
2.47 of 5 stars
$59.75
+3.3%
N/A+67.1%$193.59M$123.69M9.91610Short Interest ↓
HFWA
Heritage Financial
4.2942 of 5 stars
$21.34
-0.7%
$25.67
+20.3%
+27.0%$725.37M$216.84M17.21830Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
2.7971 of 5 stars
$36.40
+0.5%
$38.00
+4.4%
+20.3%$667.10M$156.22M12.82630Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
3.5613 of 5 stars
$24.17
+0.8%
N/A+33.0%$655.37M$246.11M12.27780Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.0959 of 5 stars
$39.84
+1.0%
$54.67
+37.2%
+18.1%$646.64M$231.48M8.05670Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
HTBI
HomeTrust Bancshares
2.3706 of 5 stars
$36.53
-1.8%
$42.50
+16.4%
+53.1%$640.28M$202.13M11.41520Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.4425 of 5 stars
$20.65
+1.1%
$25.75
+24.7%
+47.8%$624.33M$233.50M10.07630Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CAC
Camden National
4.2021 of 5 stars
$36.35
-0.3%
$48.33
+33.0%
+29.2%$613.04M$172.62M10.04620Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.9495 of 5 stars
$50.85
-1.6%
$64.00
+25.9%
+3.5%$589.76M$219.71M9.671,100Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.7534 of 5 stars
$13.29
flat
$18.67
+40.5%
+17.2%$584.96M$187.50M16.61910Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
3.4261 of 5 stars
$19.16
-1.2%
$28.75
+50.1%
-4.0%$578.71M$308.63M-12.20500Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:CFFI) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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