RNST vs. UMBF, WTFC, ZION, PB, ONB, BPOP, BOKF, SNV, HOMB, and UBSI
Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include UMB Financial (UMBF), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Popular (BPOP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Renasant vs.
UMB Financial (NASDAQ:UMBF) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
UMB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Renasant. Renasant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of UMB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of UMB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UMB Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. UMB Financial pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 27.3% 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. UMB Financial has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years.
UMB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $122.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.15%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.85%. Given Renasant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Renasant is more favorable than UMB Financial.
In the previous week, UMB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for UMB Financial and 18 mentions for Renasant. UMB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Renasant's score of 1.18 indicating that UMB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Renasant has a net margin of 17.91% compared to UMB Financial's net margin of 15.76%. UMB Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Renasant's return on equity.
Renasant received 101 more outperform votes than UMB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote while only 46.45% of users gave UMB Financial an outperform vote.
UMB Financial has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UMB Financial beats Renasant on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RNST) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
