BANR vs. CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, WAL, UMBF, BPOP, ZION, ONB, and SNV
Should you be buying Banner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banner include Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), UMB Financial (UMBF), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Banner vs. Its Competitors
Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 37.7% 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. Commerce Bancshares has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years.
Commerce Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $63.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.87%. Banner has a consensus price target of $70.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.62%. Given Banner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banner is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Banner's net margin of 20.28%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.31% beat Banner's return on equity.
Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Banner. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banner received 41 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.34% of users gave Banner an outperform vote while only 43.96% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Banner. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 4 mentions for Banner. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Banner's score of 0.75 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Commerce Bancshares beats Banner on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:BANR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
