EFSC vs. BPOP, ZION, ONB, SNV, PB, BOKF, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and FNB
Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Enterprise Financial Services vs. Its Competitors
Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
Popular has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Popular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Popular received 181 more outperform votes than Enterprise Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Popular an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Popular had 9 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Popular and 8 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Popular's score of 0.88 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.3% of Popular shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Popular shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Popular has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Popular pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.5% 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. Popular has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Enterprise Financial Services has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 20.12% compared to Popular's net margin of 14.15%. Popular's return on equity of 11.89% beat Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity.
Popular currently has a consensus price target of $114.43, indicating a potential upside of 8.77%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus price target of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.25%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Financial Services is more favorable than Popular.
Summary
Popular beats Enterprise Financial Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
