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C&F Financial (CFFI) Competitors

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$72.90 +1.19 (+1.66%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

CFFI vs. UVSP, HFWA, EGBN, FCBC, CPF, HAFC, MBWM, GSBC, HBNC, and MOFG

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

C&F Financial vs.

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

37.2% of C&F Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of C&F Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by company 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.

C&F Financial has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univest Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

C&F Financial received 30 more outperform votes than Univest Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave C&F Financial an outperform vote while only 50.31% of users gave Univest Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
C&F FinancialOutperform Votes
191
68.21%
Underperform Votes
89
31.79%
Univest FinancialOutperform Votes
161
50.31%
Underperform Votes
159
49.69%

In the previous week, C&F Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Univest Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for C&F Financial and 0 mentions for Univest Financial. C&F Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Univest Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that C&F Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
C&F Financial Positive
Univest Financial Neutral

C&F Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Univest Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. C&F Financial pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Univest Financial pays out 33.7% 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. C&F Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Univest Financial has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.98%. Given Univest Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Univest 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
Univest Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Univest Financial has higher revenue and earnings than C&F Financial. Univest Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C&F 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$126.55M1.86$23.60M$5.6612.88
Univest Financial$293.80M2.94$71.10M$2.4911.96

Univest Financial has a net margin of 14.90% compared to C&F Financial's net margin of 11.39%. C&F Financial's return on equity of 8.58% beat Univest Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
C&F Financial11.39% 8.58% 0.76%
Univest Financial 14.90%8.24%0.89%

Summary

C&F Financial and Univest Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFFI vs. The Competition

MetricC&F FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$235.10M$3.10B$11.06B$9.08B
Dividend Yield2.29%3.55%9.80%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.8816.5628.2017.18
Price / Sales1.863.2843.87116.83
Price / Cash9.1611.2830.5237.86
Price / Book1.131.262.744.78
Net Income$23.60M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.78%-4.75%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-2.70%-4.99%-2.88%3.36%
1 Year Performance7.21%14.26%11.36%16.59%

C&F Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFI
C&F Financial
3.4411 of 5 stars
$72.90
+1.7%
N/A+7.2%$235.10M$126.55M12.88594Positive News
UVSP
Univest Financial
1.4238 of 5 stars
$32.04
+0.7%
$28.00
-12.6%
+36.9%$930.54M$293.80M12.82920
HFWA
Heritage Financial
3.4588 of 5 stars
$26.45
+1.1%
$25.00
-5.5%
+13.8%$903.37M$210.51M24.23748News Coverage
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
1.8354 of 5 stars
$29.28
+0.8%
$29.50
+0.8%
-12.5%$884.32M$309.65M-20.90500News Coverage
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
2.9149 of 5 stars
$45.77
+0.2%
$38.00
-17.0%
+12.9%$837.13M$174.62M16.38591News Coverage
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
4.1686 of 5 stars
$30.79
-0.4%
$24.00
-22.1%
+43.4%$833.33M$248.92M14.72696
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.7414 of 5 stars
$26.29
+1.1%
$24.38
-7.3%
+20.9%$793.85M$232.51M12.50615Analyst Revision
Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.268 of 5 stars
$49.03
-0.2%
$54.50
+11.2%
+13.2%$791.44M$229.89M9.87670News Coverage
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.2699 of 5 stars
$66.56
+1.0%
$52.00
-21.9%
+1.4%$777.09M$214.95M12.921,352Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.6327 of 5 stars
$17.77
+1.0%
$18.33
+3.2%
+17.4%$776.82M$185.07M37.43818Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
MOFG
MidWestOne Financial Group
3.3109 of 5 stars
$32.78
+1.1%
$29.00
-11.5%
+12.9%$681.00M$45.94M-6.99732Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:CFFI) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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