WASH vs. CCBG, FMNB, THFF, CCNE, HTBK, HBNC, CPF, MOFG, BSRR, and EGBN
Should you be buying Washington Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Washington Trust Bancorp include Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), First Financial (THFF), CNB Financial (CCNE), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), and Eagle Bancorp (EGBN). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) and Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.
Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Capital City Bank Group's net margin of 12.01%. Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 12.26% beat Capital City Bank Group's return on equity.
Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Washington Trust Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Capital City Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp and 0 mentions for Capital City Bank Group. Capital City Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Washington Trust Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Washington Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital City Bank Group currently has a consensus target price of $34.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.67%. Given Washington Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
Capital City Bank Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Washington Trust Bancorp. Capital City Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Washington Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital City Bank Group received 38 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Washington Trust Bancorp pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital City Bank Group has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Washington Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Washington Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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