Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) Competitors

Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE:BHB) and Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) are both banking companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BHB or CUBI?

54.5% of Bar Harbor Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Bar Harbor Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Customers Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BHB or CUBI?

Bar Harbor Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Customers Bancorp has a consensus target price of $69.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.76%. Given Bar Harbor Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bar Harbor Bankshares is more favorable than Customers Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bar Harbor Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Customers Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is BHB or CUBI more profitable?

Customers Bancorp has a net margin of 10.77% compared to Bar Harbor Bankshares' net margin of 0.00%. Customers Bancorp's return on equity of 11.98% beat Bar Harbor Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bar Harbor Bankshares	N/A	N/A	N/A
Customers Bancorp	10.77%	11.98%	0.93%

Which has better earnings & valuation, BHB or CUBI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bar Harbor Bankshares	$147.73M	3.61	$43.04M	$2.58	12.38
Customers Bancorp	$1.39B	1.57	$181.47M	$4.04	17.01

Which has more risk and volatility, BHB or CUBI?

Bar Harbor Bankshares has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BHB or CUBI?

In the previous week, Customers Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than Bar Harbor Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Customers Bancorp and 1 mentions for Bar Harbor Bankshares. Customers Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Bar Harbor Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Customers Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bar Harbor Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Customers Bancorp	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Customers Bancorp beats Bar Harbor Bankshares on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.