CFR vs. ZION, PNFP, WBS, BOKF, SNV, FHN, ONB, FNB, UMBF, and BANF
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Webster Financial (WBS), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), First Horizon (FHN), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 41.2% 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. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 6 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 7 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.77 indicating that Zions Bancorporation, National Association is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Zions Bancorporation, National Association 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.
Cullen/Frost Bankers currently has a consensus price target of $117.46, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a consensus price target of $43.16, suggesting a potential downside of 1.01%. Given Cullen/Frost Bankers' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Zions Bancorporation, National Association.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Zions Bancorporation, National Association's net margin of 13.23%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 18.31% beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 397 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.38% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote while only 39.88% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Summary
Zions Bancorporation, National Association beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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