CTBI vs. FULT, TCBI, CBU, FIBK, CATY, FBP, BKU, TBBK, BOH, and CVBF
Should you be buying Community Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Trust Bancorp include Fulton Financial (FULT), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Community Bank System (CBU), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First BanCorp. (FBP), BankUnited (BKU), Bancorp (TBBK), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), and CVB Financial (CVBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Community Trust Bancorp vs.
Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fulton Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fulton Financial received 45 more outperform votes than Community Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.56% of users gave Community Trust Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.39% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 22.02% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 15.87%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 11.41% beat Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 45.9% 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.
In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fulton Financial and 0 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Fulton Financial's score of 0.45 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community Trust Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $57.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. Fulton Financial has a consensus target price of $20.64, indicating a potential upside of 1.39%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than Fulton Financial.
Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Community Trust Bancorp and Fulton Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTBI) was last updated on 2/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
