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Citizens & Northern (CZNC) Competitors

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$18.81 -0.52 (-2.69%)
(As of 05:26 PM ET)

CZNC vs. SBSI, CTBI, UVSP, HFWA, EGBN, FCBC, CPF, HAFC, MBWM, and HBNC

Should you be buying Citizens & Northern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens & Northern include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), and Horizon Bancorp (HBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Citizens & Northern vs.

Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) and Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 18.94% compared to Citizens & Northern's net margin of 14.47%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 10.64% beat Citizens & Northern's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Southside Bancshares18.94% 10.64% 1.01%
Citizens & Northern 14.47%8.28%0.86%

Southside Bancshares received 14 more outperform votes than Citizens & Northern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.13% of users gave Citizens & Northern an outperform vote while only 42.20% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Southside BancsharesOutperform Votes
173
42.20%
Underperform Votes
237
57.80%
Citizens & NorthernOutperform Votes
159
52.13%
Underperform Votes
146
47.87%

In the previous week, Citizens & Northern had 2 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Citizens & Northern and 0 mentions for Southside Bancshares. Citizens & Northern's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Citizens & Northern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Southside Bancshares Neutral
Citizens & Northern Positive

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Citizens & Northern shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Citizens & Northern shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Citizens & Northern pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Southside Bancshares pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens & Northern pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens & Northern. Southside Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens & Northern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Southside Bancshares$248.79M3.96$86.69M$2.7711.74
Citizens & Northern$103.80M2.79$24.15M$1.4413.06

Southside Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Citizens & Northern.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Southside Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Citizens & Northern
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens & Northern has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Southside Bancshares beats Citizens & Northern on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CZNC vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens & NorthernState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$289.94M$3.07B$10.17B$8.97B
Dividend Yield5.67%3.49%10.36%4.06%
P/E Ratio13.0616.5348.0816.94
Price / Sales2.793.333,157.46116.20
Price / Cash11.0111.2830.5937.95
Price / Book1.091.262.664.71
Net Income$24.15M$406.76M$1.02B$225.20M
7 Day Performance-7.07%-6.24%-3.63%-3.77%
1 Month Performance-6.46%-4.29%-2.36%4.45%
1 Year Performance-14.46%17.84%13.30%18.66%

Citizens & Northern Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CZNC
Citizens & Northern
4.1193 of 5 stars
$18.81
-2.7%
N/A-14.4%$289.94M$103.80M13.06404Short Interest ↓
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.2542 of 5 stars
$35.54
+1.1%
$37.00
+4.1%
+8.6%$1.08B$395.58M12.69815Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.7973 of 5 stars
$57.87
+0.1%
$57.67
-0.4%
+33.3%$1.05B$326.31M13.13930Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
UVSP
Univest Financial
1.9151 of 5 stars
$31.98
+0.5%
$28.00
-12.4%
+44.2%$928.80M$293.80M12.82920News Coverage
HFWA
Heritage Financial
3.7888 of 5 stars
$26.36
+0.7%
$25.00
-5.2%
+19.1%$900.30M$210.51M24.23748
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
1.8332 of 5 stars
$29.22
+0.6%
$29.50
+1.0%
-6.0%$882.50M$309.65M-20.90500Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
3.1668 of 5 stars
$45.84
+0.3%
$38.00
-17.1%
+21.5%$838.41M$174.62M16.38591
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
4.1286 of 5 stars
$30.65
-0.8%
$24.00
-21.7%
+54.8%$829.54M$248.92M14.72696Short Interest ↑
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.7814 of 5 stars
$26.27
+1.0%
$24.38
-7.2%
+31.8%$793.25M$232.51M12.50615Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.2874 of 5 stars
$48.65
-1.0%
$54.50
+12.0%
+21.0%$785.31M$229.89M9.87670
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.7619 of 5 stars
$17.73
+0.8%
$18.33
+3.4%
+25.3%$775.07M$185.07M37.43818

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This page (NASDAQ:CZNC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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