BANR vs. RNST, LOB, FBK, HTLF, LKFN, ZION, CFR, PNFP, SSB, and BPOP
Should you be buying Banner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banner include Renasant (RNST), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), FB Financial (FBK), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), SouthState (SSB), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Banner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banner has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banner presently has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.05%. Renasant has a consensus price target of $36.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.86%. Given Renasant's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Renasant is more favorable than Banner.
Banner has a net margin of 20.93% compared to Renasant's net margin of 15.04%. Banner's return on equity of 10.89% beat Renasant's return on equity.
In the previous week, Banner had 1 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Banner and 18 mentions for Renasant. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Renasant's score of 0.42 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banner pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 35.8% 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.
Renasant received 33 more outperform votes than Banner when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.87% of users gave Banner an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote.
Banner has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Renasant. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renasant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Banner beats Renasant on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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