CBU vs. FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, BPOP, ZION, PNFP, WTFC, and BOKF
Should you be buying Community Bank System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Bank System include First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and BOK Financial (BOKF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
73.8% of Community Bank System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Community Bank System shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Community Bank System currently has a consensus target price of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.95%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $16.62, suggesting a potential upside of 9.02%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Horizon is more favorable than Community Bank System.
Community Bank System pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Community Bank System pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 42.0% 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.
Community Bank System has a net margin of 16.59% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 16.07%. First Horizon's return on equity of 8.96% beat Community Bank System's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Horizon had 5 more articles in the media than Community Bank System. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Horizon and 1 mentions for Community Bank System. Community Bank System's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat First Horizon's score of 1.41 indicating that Community Bank System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community Bank System has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Horizon received 282 more outperform votes than Community Bank System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 48.23% of users gave Community Bank System an outperform vote.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Community Bank System. First Horizon 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.
Summary
First Horizon beats Community Bank System on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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