RNST vs. EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, WAL, and UMBF
Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include 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), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Renasant vs. Its Competitors
Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Renasant. Renasant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Renasant currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. East West Bancorp has a consensus price target of $107.85, suggesting a potential upside of 14.44%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Renasant.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for East West Bancorp and 4 mentions for Renasant. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Renasant's score of 0.17 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Renasant has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Renasant pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% 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. East West Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Renasant's net margin of 17.91%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.71% beat Renasant's return on equity.
East West Bancorp received 189 more outperform votes than Renasant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.61% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Renasant on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RNST) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
