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.
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and Comerica (NYSE:CMA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Comerica had 7 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Comerica and 7 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Comerica's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.43 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comerica has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comerica pays out 56.5% 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 raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Comerica has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Cullen/Frost Bankers' net margin of 13.11%. Comerica's return on equity of 18.31% beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Comerica shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Comerica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Comerica received 558 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.51% of users gave Comerica an outperform vote while only 39.88% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Cullen/Frost Bankers presently has a consensus target price of $117.46, indicating a potential upside of 14.92%. Comerica has a consensus target price of $56.89, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Given Comerica's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Comerica.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Comerica on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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