Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) Competitors

Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts recommend GBCI or RF?

Glacier Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.77%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $25.53, suggesting a potential upside of 25.13%. Given Regions Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Regions Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Does the media favor GBCI or RF?

In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 23 mentions for Regions Financial. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 0.87 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regions Financial	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GBCI or RF?

Regions Financial received 675 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 49.25% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 264 49.25%	Underperform Votes 272 50.75%
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 939 62.64%	Underperform Votes 560 37.36%

Is GBCI or RF a better dividend stock?

Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GBCI or RF?

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, GBCI or RF?

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GBCI or RF more profitable?

Regions Financial has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 14.99%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.83% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	14.99%	5.98%	0.68%
Regions Financial	20.20%	12.83%	1.32%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GBCI or RF?

Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glacier Bancorp	$842.06M	5.50	$190.14M	$1.86	21.94
Regions Financial	$7.12B	2.59	$1.89B	$2.08	9.81

Summary

Regions Financial beats Glacier Bancorp on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.