CBSH vs. MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, and WBS
Should you be buying Commerce Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commerce Bancshares include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Commerce Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
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.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.6% 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.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 9 more articles in the media than Commerce Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for M&T Bank and 10 mentions for Commerce Bancshares. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Commerce Bancshares' score of 1.22 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
M&T Bank presently has a consensus target price of $212.53, indicating a potential upside of 17.93%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus target price of $63.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Given M&T Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
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.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
M&T Bank beats Commerce Bancshares 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:CBSH) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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