EWBC vs. CBSH, WAL, BPOP, WTFC, SSB, PB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and GBCI
Should you be buying East West Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of East West Bancorp include Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
East West Bancorp received 237 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.56% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.67% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 10 mentions for East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Commerce Bancshares' score of 1.00 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
East West Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $84.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.91%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus target price of $55.29, indicating a potential downside of 2.46%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned 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.
East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. East West Bancorp pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commerce Bancshares pays out 30.1% 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. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.78% compared to Commerce Bancshares' net margin of 23.33%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 17.43% beat Commerce Bancshares' return on equity.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce Bancshares. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Commerce Bancshares on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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