CMA vs. CFR, ZION, PNFP, WBS, BOKF, SNV, ONB, FHN, FNB, and UMBF
Should you be buying Comerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comerica include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Webster Financial (WBS), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), First Horizon (FHN), F.N.B. (FNB), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Comerica had 3 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Comerica and 5 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Comerica's score of 0.50 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comerica received 557 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.48% of users gave Comerica an outperform vote while only 39.88% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Comerica pays out 56.5% 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.
Comerica has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Comerica 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 has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Comerica's net margin of 13.11%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 18.31% beat Comerica's return on equity.
Comerica has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of Comerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Comerica 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Comerica presently has a consensus price target of $56.89, suggesting a potential upside of 5.89%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $117.46, suggesting a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Cullen/Frost Bankers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Comerica.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Comerica on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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