Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) Competitors

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CBSH or MTB?

Commerce Bancshares received 35 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.26% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote while only 43.96% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Commerce Bancshares	Outperform Votes 295 43.96%	Underperform Votes 376 56.04%
M&T Bank	Outperform Votes 260 46.26%	Underperform Votes 302 53.74%

Do analysts rate CBSH or MTB?

Commerce Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $63.20, indicating a potential downside of 0.77%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $212.53, indicating a potential upside of 14.44%. Given M&T Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
M&T Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CBSH or MTB?

M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce Bancshares. M&T Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce Bancshares	$1.69B	5.04	$526.33M	$4.13	15.42
M&T Bank	$9.30B	3.20	$2.59B	$14.93	12.44

Does the media refer more to CBSH or MTB?

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 5 more articles in the media than Commerce Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for M&T Bank and 5 mentions for Commerce Bancshares. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.98 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Commerce Bancshares	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
M&T Bank	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CBSH or MTB a better dividend stock?

Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% 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 increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, CBSH or MTB?

Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CBSH or MTB?

70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CBSH or MTB more profitable?

Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 25.24% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 19.24%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.31% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Commerce Bancshares	25.24%	16.31%	1.69%
M&T Bank	19.24%	10.12%	1.25%

Summary

M&T Bank beats Commerce Bancshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.