ISTR vs. TCFC, PWOD, SBBX, PKBK, CHMG, MCBS, MBWM, HBT, GSBC, and CCB
Should you be buying Investar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investar include Community Financial (TCFC), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), SB One Bancorp (SBBX), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Chemung Financial (CHMG), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), HBT Financial (HBT), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), and Coastal Financial (CCB).
Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) and Community Financial (NASDAQ:TCFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Community Financial has a net margin of 29.65% compared to Investar's net margin of 12.02%. Community Financial's return on equity of 15.94% beat Investar's return on equity.
Community Financial received 9 more outperform votes than Investar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.26% of users gave Community Financial an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave Investar an outperform vote.
Investar has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Financial has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.2% of Investar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Community Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Investar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Community Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Investar presently has a consensus target price of $16.08, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Given Investar's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Investar is more favorable than Community Financial.
Community Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Investar. Community Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Investar pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Community Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Investar pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Financial pays out 13.5% 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 Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Investar and Investar both had 5 articles in the media. Investar's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Community Financial's score of -0.02 indicating that Investar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Community Financial beats Investar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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