Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF) Competitors

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SBCF or CBSH?

Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Commerce Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, 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
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	$530.52M	4.18	$120.99M	$1.49	17.31
Commerce Bancshares	$1.69B	4.91	$526.33M	$4.13	15.02

Do analysts rate SBCF or CBSH?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida presently has a consensus price target of $29.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.22%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus price target of $63.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.87%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Commerce Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to SBCF or CBSH?

In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 4 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of 1.14 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Commerce Bancshares	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SBCF or CBSH more profitable?

Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 14.95%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.31% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	14.95%	5.91%	0.85%
Commerce Bancshares	25.24%	16.31%	1.69%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SBCF or CBSH?

81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares 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.

Is SBCF or CBSH a better dividend stock?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.6% 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. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Commerce Bancshares has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBCF or CBSH?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 7 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.87% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 43.96% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	Outperform Votes 302 58.87%	Underperform Votes 211 41.13%
Commerce Bancshares	Outperform Votes 295 43.96%	Underperform Votes 376 56.04%

Which has more risk & volatility, SBCF or CBSH?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Commerce Bancshares beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.