CMA vs. CFR, ZION, PNFP, WBS, BOKF, SNV, FHN, ONB, 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), First Horizon (FHN), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), and UMB Financial (UMBF).
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
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.
In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 22 more articles in the media than Comerica. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 17 mentions for Comerica. Comerica's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.53 indicating that Comerica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Comerica received 557 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.51% of users gave Comerica an outperform vote while only 39.93% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 presently has a consensus price target of $56.98, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $117.46, suggesting a potential upside of 11.50%. Given Cullen/Frost Bankers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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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