SSB vs. WTFC, PB, BPOP, WAL, CBSH, HOMB, UBSI, GBCI, FFIN, and COLB
Should you be buying SouthState stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SouthState include Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Popular (BPOP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and SouthState (NASDAQ:SSB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. SouthState pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Wintrust Financial pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SouthState pays out 33.9% 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. Wintrust Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and SouthState has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. SouthState is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SouthState has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SouthState has a net margin of 20.91% compared to SouthState's net margin of 17.86%. SouthState's return on equity of 13.09% beat Wintrust Financial's return on equity.
SouthState received 28 more outperform votes than Wintrust Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave SouthState an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote.
Wintrust Financial currently has a consensus price target of $112.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.49%. SouthState has a consensus price target of $88.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.21%. Given SouthState's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Wintrust Financial is more favorable than SouthState.
In the previous week, SouthState had 16 more articles in the media than Wintrust Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for SouthState and 8 mentions for Wintrust Financial. SouthState's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Wintrust Financial's score of 0.51 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SouthState. Wintrust Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SouthState, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of SouthState shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SouthState shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Wintrust Financial beats SouthState on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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