BANR vs. PNFP, WAL, CBSH, WTFC, CFR, UMBF, ZION, BPOP, SNV, and ONB
Should you be buying Banner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banner include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Popular (BPOP), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Banner vs. Its Competitors
Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Banner pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 15.5% 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. Pinnacle Financial Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Banner. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banner presently has a consensus price target of $70.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.15%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus price target of $122.36, indicating a potential upside of 3.85%. Given Pinnacle Financial Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners is more favorable than Banner.
87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Banner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners 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.
Banner has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banner has a net margin of 20.77% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.98%. Banner's return on equity of 9.95% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 9 more articles in the media than Banner. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 11 mentions for Banner. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Banner's score of 0.44 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Banner on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BANR) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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