CBU vs. SFNC, FULT, FFBC, FRME, TBBK, WSBC, NBTB, BANF, TRMK, and CHCO
Should you be buying Community Bank System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Bank System include Simmons First National (SFNC), Fulton Financial (FULT), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), BancFirst (BANF), Trustmark (TRMK), and City (CHCO). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU) and Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
73.8% of Community Bank System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Community Bank System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Community Bank System has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simmons First National has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Bank System currently has a consensus price target of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. Simmons First National has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.51%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than Community Bank System.
Community Bank System has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 11.97%. Community Bank System's return on equity of 8.93% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
Community Bank System pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Community Bank System pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 63.2% 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.
Simmons First National received 65 more outperform votes than Community Bank System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.47% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote while only 48.23% of users gave Community Bank System an outperform vote.
Simmons First National has higher revenue and earnings than Community Bank System. Simmons First National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Bank System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Simmons First National had 16 more articles in the media than Community Bank System. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Simmons First National and 11 mentions for Community Bank System. Simmons First National's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Community Bank System's score of 0.13 indicating that Simmons First National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Community Bank System and Simmons First National tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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