Head to Head Review: CPB (CPF) & Its Competitors

CPB (NYSE:CPF) is one of 919 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare CPB to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

CPB has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPB’s peers have a beta of 0.61, meaning that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.4% of CPB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of CPB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares CPB and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CPB	23.69%	14.75%	1.17%
CPB Competitors	15.63%	9.41%	0.93%

Dividends

CPB pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CPB pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.9% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. CPB has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CPB lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CPB and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CPB	$299.54 million	$77.48 million	11.74
CPB Competitors	$298.53 billion	$2.42 billion	21.06

CPB’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than CPB. CPB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for CPB and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CPB	0	3	2	1	2.67
CPB Competitors	7494	30254	27863	1490	2.35

CPB currently has a consensus target price of $40.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.39%. Given CPB’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CPB has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

CPB peers beat CPB on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

CPB Company Profile

The identifiers in the request do not match: CPB is the ticker for The Campbell’s Company, while NYSE: CPF is Central Pacific Financial Corp. The description below is for Central Pacific Financial. Central Pacific Financial is a bank holding company and the parent of Central Pacific Bank, a community bank founded in Honolulu in 1954. The company serves individuals, businesses and organizations primarily in Hawaii. Through Central Pacific Bank, it offers deposit accounts, personal and business lending, digital banking and other banking services.