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Citizens Financial Services (CZFS) Competitors

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$68.72 -0.19 (-0.28%)
(As of 09:30 AM ET)

CZFS vs. COFS, PDLB, CBAN, TSBK, ACNB, SII, FBMS, AMAL, BFC, and CNOB

Should you be buying Citizens Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Services include ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ACNB (ACNB), Sprott (SII), First Bancshares (FBMS), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Bank First (BFC), and ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Citizens Financial Services vs.

Citizens Financial Services (NASDAQ:CZFS) and ChoiceOne Financial Services (NASDAQ:COFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.

22.5% of Citizens Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Citizens Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Citizens Financial Services received 17 more outperform votes than ChoiceOne Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave Citizens Financial Services an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave ChoiceOne Financial Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Citizens Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
18
69.23%
Underperform Votes
8
30.77%
ChoiceOne Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
1
50.00%
Underperform Votes
1
50.00%

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a net margin of 18.41% compared to Citizens Financial Services' net margin of 16.24%. ChoiceOne Financial Services' return on equity of 11.79% beat Citizens Financial Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Citizens Financial Services16.24% 9.86% 0.95%
ChoiceOne Financial Services 18.41%11.79%0.96%

In the previous week, ChoiceOne Financial Services had 2 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ChoiceOne Financial Services and 1 mentions for Citizens Financial Services. ChoiceOne Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Citizens Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that ChoiceOne Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Citizens Financial Services Neutral
ChoiceOne Financial Services Very Positive

Citizens Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ChoiceOne Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Citizens Financial Services pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ChoiceOne Financial Services pays out 34.1% 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. ChoiceOne Financial Services has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. ChoiceOne Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Citizens Financial Services has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChoiceOne Financial Services has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ChoiceOne Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Citizens Financial Services. ChoiceOne Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Citizens Financial Services$138.72M2.36$17.81M$5.7911.87
ChoiceOne Financial Services$113.89M2.84$21.26M$3.1711.39

Citizens Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 22.88%. ChoiceOne Financial Services has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Given ChoiceOne Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ChoiceOne Financial Services is more favorable than Citizens Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Citizens Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ChoiceOne Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

ChoiceOne Financial Services beats Citizens Financial Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CZFS vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens Financial ServicesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$327.11M$3.02B$10.51B$8.80B
Dividend Yield2.80%3.51%10.13%4.07%
P/E Ratio11.8717.1546.2813.60
Price / Sales2.362.473,473.7987.40
Price / Cash13.1211.0830.6036.27
Price / Book1.101.254.086.33
Net Income$17.81M$405.80M$1.02B$225.93M
7 Day Performance-1.93%-0.67%0.04%-0.96%
1 Month Performance20.37%8.66%7.24%1.06%
1 Year Performance22.50%36.15%24.26%26.59%

Citizens Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CZFS
Citizens Financial Services
2.866 of 5 stars
$68.72
-0.3%
$53.00
-22.9%
+19.3%$327.11M$138.72M11.87310
COFS
ChoiceOne Financial Services
3.1282 of 5 stars
$36.10
+0.8%
$37.00
+2.5%
+42.0%$323.46M$113.89M11.30380News Coverage
Positive News
PDLB
Ponce Financial Group
1.1951 of 5 stars
$12.79
+1.1%
N/A+36.0%$304.79M$136.09M34.19250Positive News
CBAN
Colony Bankcorp
3.5515 of 5 stars
$17.28
+1.8%
N/A+59.3%$302.92M$160.55M12.75520Analyst Downgrade
TSBK
Timberland Bancorp
3.9253 of 5 stars
$32.77
+1.2%
N/A+9.8%$261.18M$105.96M10.79300Positive News
ACNB
ACNB
1.5041 of 5 stars
$47.70
+1.1%
$45.00
-5.7%
+21.4%$407.84M$115.08M13.71400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SII
Sprott
2.1671 of 5 stars
$44.17
+0.3%
N/A+45.8%$1.14B$169.02M24.21170Ex-Dividend
Positive News
FBMS
First Bancshares
2.0871 of 5 stars
$36.13
+0.7%
$35.50
-1.7%
+34.8%$1.13B$387.64M14.301,078Analyst Forecast
Positive News
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
2.7359 of 5 stars
$35.62
+0.2%
$32.17
-9.7%
+68.0%$1.09B$387.41M10.46380Insider Trade
BFC
Bank First
1.0017 of 5 stars
$103.97
+1.2%
$102.00
-1.9%
+21.6%$1.04B$240.60M12.75361
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.7454 of 5 stars
$26.94
+1.4%
$26.33
-2.3%
+36.1%$1.03B$504.07M15.28487Analyst Upgrade
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CZFS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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