CFR vs. WBS, FHN, PNFP, ZION, BOKF, SNV, FNB, ONB, UMBF, and BANF
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon (FHN), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), F.N.B. (FNB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Webster Financial has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 20.57%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 18.31% beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Webster Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Webster Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.92% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 39.93% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullen/Frost Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 14 more articles in the media than Webster Financial. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 25 mentions for Webster Financial. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of -0.15 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Webster Financial currently has a consensus price target of $56.23, indicating a potential upside of 26.73%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $117.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.50%. Given Cullen/Frost Bankers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Webster Financial pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.5% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Webster Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Webster Financial beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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