EFSC vs. WTFC, CFR, UMBF, BPOP, ZION, ONB, PB, SNV, BOKF, and HOMB
Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), UMB Financial (UMBF), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Synovus Financial (SNV), BOK Financial (BOKF), and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Enterprise Financial Services vs.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wintrust Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wintrust Financial received 202 more outperform votes than Enterprise Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.10% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 26 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Wintrust Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Wintrust Financial pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 24.0% 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. Wintrust Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Enterprise Financial Services has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Wintrust Financial has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% 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.
Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 20.12% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 17.52%. Wintrust Financial's return on equity of 12.60% beat Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity.
Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus price target of $133.54, suggesting a potential upside of 18.12%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus price target of $64.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.00%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Financial Services is more favorable than Wintrust Financial.
Summary
Wintrust Financial beats Enterprise Financial Services on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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