SFNC vs. CBU, FULT, FFBC, FRME, TBBK, WSBC, NBTB, BANF, TRMK, and CHCO
Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include Community Bank System (CBU), Fulton Financial (FULT), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), BancFirst (BANF), Trustmark (TRMK), and City (CHCO). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) and Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Simmons First National had 9 more articles in the media than Community Bank System. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Simmons First National and 15 mentions for Community Bank System. Community Bank System's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Simmons First National's score of 0.19 indicating that Community Bank System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Simmons First National has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Bank System has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Bank System has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 11.97%. Community Bank System's return on equity of 8.93% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
Simmons First National received 65 more outperform votes than Community Bank System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.47% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote while only 48.23% of users gave Community Bank System an outperform vote.
Simmons First National presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.91%. Community Bank System has a consensus target price of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than Community Bank System.
27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Community Bank System shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Community Bank System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Simmons First National has higher revenue and earnings than Community Bank System. Simmons First National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Bank System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Community Bank System pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Simmons First National pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Bank System pays out 56.6% 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.
Summary
Community Bank System beats Simmons First National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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