SFNC vs. SSB, WBS, CBSH, WAL, PNFP, CFR, UMBF, WTFC, ZION, and BPOP
Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), UMB Financial (UMBF), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Simmons First National vs.
SouthState (NASDAQ:SSB) and Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
SouthState pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. SouthState pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 73.3% 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. SouthState has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Simmons First National has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Simmons First National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
SouthState has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simmons First National has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SouthState has higher revenue and earnings than Simmons First National. SouthState is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SouthState had 4 more articles in the media than Simmons First National. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SouthState and 10 mentions for Simmons First National. Simmons First National's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat SouthState's score of 1.32 indicating that Simmons First National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SouthState received 239 more outperform votes than Simmons First National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave SouthState an outperform vote while only 47.64% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote.
SouthState has a net margin of 22.38% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 10.46%. SouthState's return on equity of 9.62% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
89.8% of SouthState shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of SouthState shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SouthState currently has a consensus target price of $116.27, suggesting a potential upside of 32.08%. Simmons First National has a consensus target price of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.23%. Given SouthState's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SouthState is more favorable than Simmons First National.
Summary
SouthState beats Simmons First National on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SFNC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff