Community Capital Bancshares (ALBY) vs. Its Competitors Head to Head Review

Community Capital Bancshares (OTCMKTS:ALBY) is one of 172 publicly-traded companies in the “National commercial banks” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Community Capital Bancshares to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Community Capital Bancshares and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Community Capital Bancshares	$15.03 million	$4.07 million	5.93
Community Capital Bancshares Competitors	$30.50 billion	$1.88 billion	11.75

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.6% of shares of all “National commercial banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 42.4% of Community Capital Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of shares of all “National commercial banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Community Capital Bancshares and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community Capital Bancshares	N/A	N/A	N/A
Community Capital Bancshares Competitors	14.97%	9.84%	0.95%

Risk & Volatility

Community Capital Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Capital Bancshares’ rivals have a beta of 0.82, indicating that their average stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Community Capital Bancshares and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community Capital Bancshares	0	0	0	0	N/A
Community Capital Bancshares Competitors	1415	8004	6746	288	2.36

As a group, “National commercial banks” companies have a potential downside of 3.84%. Given Community Capital Bancshares’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Community Capital Bancshares has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Community Capital Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Community Capital Bancshares pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “National commercial banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.6% and pay out 31.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Capital Bancshares is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Community Capital Bancshares rivals beat Community Capital Bancshares on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Community Capital Bancshares Company Profile

Community Capital Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for AB&T that provides various banking products and services to individual and corporate customers. The company accepts various deposit products, such as checking, savings, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposits. Its loan products include commercial and residential real estate, commercial, financial, agricultural, consumer installment, overdrafts and other revolving credit, and educational loans. The company also offers money transfer, bill pay, remote deposit capture, ACH origination, and merchant services, as well as online, mobile, and text message banking services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Albany, Georgia.