CBSH vs. WAL, BPOP, WTFC, SSB, PB, HOMB, UBSI, GBCI, FFIN, and COLB
Should you be buying Commerce Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commerce Bancshares include Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 212 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.36% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 45.74% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commerce Bancshares pays out 30.1% 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. Western Alliance Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Commerce Bancshares has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years. Western Alliance Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 5 more articles in the media than Commerce Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 2 mentions for Commerce Bancshares. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Commerce Bancshares' score of 0.92 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce Bancshares. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Alliance Bancorporation currently has a consensus price target of $70.56, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus price target of $55.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.03%. Given Commerce Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 23.33% compared to Commerce Bancshares' net margin of 16.50%. Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity of 16.78% beat Commerce Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats Commerce Bancshares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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