CADE vs. OZK, HOMB, UBSI, PB, FFIN, SSB, GBCI, WTFC, COLB, and HWC
Should you be buying Cadence Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Bank include Bank OZK (OZK), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), SouthState (SSB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Columbia Banking System (COLB), and Hancock Whitney (HWC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) and Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bank OZK pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cadence Bank pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bank OZK has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Cadence Bank has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Bank OZK had 5 more articles in the media than Cadence Bank. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bank OZK and 2 mentions for Cadence Bank. Bank OZK's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.75 indicating that Cadence Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank OZK currently has a consensus price target of $49.14, indicating a potential upside of 1.33%. Cadence Bank has a consensus price target of $31.09, indicating a potential upside of 5.29%. Given Bank OZK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than Bank OZK.
Cadence Bank received 132 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.92% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote while only 47.27% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.
Bank OZK has a net margin of 28.54% compared to Bank OZK's net margin of 23.83%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 14.84% beat Bank OZK's return on equity.
Bank OZK has higher revenue and earnings than Cadence Bank. Bank OZK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank OZK has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank OZK beats Cadence Bank on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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