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Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI) Competitors

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$47.56 +0.54 (+1.15%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

CTBI vs. BANF, TCBI, HTLF, FBP, FULT, CBU, CATY, FIBK, BOH, and CVBF

Should you be buying Community Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Trust Bancorp include BancFirst (BANF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), First BanCorp. (FBP), Fulton Financial (FULT), Community Bank System (CBU), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), 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 BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Community Trust Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.76% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave Community Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Community Trust BancorpOutperform Votes
227
52.67%
Underperform Votes
204
47.33%
BancFirstOutperform Votes
220
52.76%
Underperform Votes
197
47.24%

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of BancFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BancFirst has a net margin of 23.52% compared to Community Trust Bancorp's net margin of 22.02%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.21% beat Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Community Trust Bancorp22.02% 11.36% 1.41%
BancFirst 23.52%14.21%1.68%

BancFirst has higher revenue and earnings than Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Community Trust Bancorp$248.56M3.46$82.81M$4.6110.30
BancFirst$631.45M5.66$216.35M$6.4416.68

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst pays out 28.6% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years and BancFirst has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 6 mentions for BancFirst. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat BancFirst's score of 0.90 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Community Trust Bancorp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BancFirst
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Community Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.50%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $113.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.50%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Community Trust Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BancFirst
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Summary

BancFirst beats Community Trust Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CTBI vs. The Competition

MetricCommunity Trust BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$859.30M$2.83B$10.72B$7.29B
Dividend Yield4.12%4.11%5.83%4.32%
P/E Ratio10.3021.3821.5117.60
Price / Sales3.462.8725.4491.75
Price / Cash11.5610.6317.6234.64
Price / Book1.221.092.543.91
Net Income$82.81M$372.21M$1.03B$247.45M
7 Day Performance-1.33%-2.32%-0.28%0.02%
1 Month Performance-7.47%-6.74%-3.94%-7.53%
1 Year Performance20.21%14.80%533.91%-0.82%

Community Trust Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.2784 of 5 stars
$47.56
+1.1%
$61.00
+28.3%
+17.8%$860.93M$248.56M10.32980Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
BANF
BancFirst
1.8716 of 5 stars
$97.99
-4.1%
$113.33
+15.7%
+28.1%$3.26B$631.45M15.232,109Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares
3.878 of 5 stars
$62.45
-6.3%
$80.43
+28.8%
+13.8%$2.89B$932.35M48.932,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
HTLF
Heartland Financial USA
0.9702 of 5 stars
$64.67
-2.2%
$49.50
-23.5%
+88.5%$2.77B$932.87M36.132,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
FBP
First BanCorp.
4.1445 of 5 stars
$16.76
-6.2%
$22.40
+33.7%
+8.4%$2.75B$905.08M9.283,168Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
4.356 of 5 stars
$14.77
-9.0%
$20.64
+39.7%
+8.3%$2.70B$1.18B9.423,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CBU
Community Bank System
4.8931 of 5 stars
$50.73
-4.8%
$71.00
+40.0%
+24.4%$2.68B$746.30M14.783,030Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.5092 of 5 stars
$36.12
-6.5%
$50.80
+40.6%
+9.3%$2.56B$729.72M9.191,246Gap Down
FIBK
First Interstate BancSystem
4.792 of 5 stars
$24.10
-6.0%
$36.14
+50.0%
+3.7%$2.54B$999.70M11.113,585
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
4.2926 of 5 stars
$60.85
-6.3%
$73.00
+20.0%
+8.6%$2.42B$632.34M17.592,080News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CVBF
CVB Financial
3.6627 of 5 stars
$16.46
-3.5%
$22.20
+34.9%
+7.3%$2.31B$475.92M11.491,107Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:CTBI) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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