SBCF vs. PNFP, WAL, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, ONB, and PB
Should you be buying Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida vs.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 6 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of 0.27 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinnacle Financial Partners received 152 more outperform votes than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.35% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 14.7% 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.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 14.95%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 9.04% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida presently has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.89%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus target price of $125.18, suggesting a potential downside of 0.44%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SBCF) was last updated on 2/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff