GBCI vs. KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, and WAL
Should you be buying Glacier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glacier Bancorp include KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Glacier Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, KeyCorp had 11 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for KeyCorp and 3 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.83 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of KeyCorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Glacier Bancorp has a net margin of 14.99% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of -2.52%. KeyCorp's return on equity of 8.73% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.
Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out -482.4% 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. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Glacier Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Glacier Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.90%. KeyCorp has a consensus target price of $18.86, indicating a potential upside of 17.30%. Given Glacier Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Glacier Bancorp is more favorable than KeyCorp.
KeyCorp received 1034 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 49.35% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Glacier Bancorp beats KeyCorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:GBCI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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