Reviewing Cib Marine Bancshares (CIBH) and Its Rivals

Insider and Institutional Ownership

46.6% of shares of all “BANKS – NORTHEAST” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of shares of all “BANKS – NORTHEAST” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cib Marine Bancshares	$60.70 million	N/A	19.73
Cib Marine Bancshares Competitors	$484.91 million	$54.30 million	14.35

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cib Marine Bancshares	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cib Marine Bancshares Competitors	12.95%	8.62%	0.91%

Risk and Volatility

Cib Marine Bancshares has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cib Marine Bancshares’ rivals have a beta of 0.51, indicating that their average stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cib Marine Bancshares rivals beat Cib Marine Bancshares on 7 of the 8 factors compared.

About Cib Marine Bancshares

CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for CIBM Bank that provides commercial banking services to individual and business customers in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. It provides deposit accounts comprising checking, savings, and time deposits. The company offers a range of loan products, such as commercial, commercial real estate, commercial and residential construction, government guaranteed, one-to-four family residential real estate, home equity, and consumer loans, as well as commercial and standby letters of credit. In addition, it provides trust services; cash management; repurchase agreements; mortgage; and other banking services. Further, the company invests in securities. The company was formerly known as Central Illinois Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. in August 1999. CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin.