SFNC vs. WAFD, FRME, CSFL, WSFS, WSBC, FHN, WAL, WBS, CBSH, and ZION
Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include WaFd (WAFD), First Merchants (FRME), Centerstate Bank (CSFL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WesBanco (WSBC), First Horizon (FHN), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) and WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of WaFd shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WaFd shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Simmons First National received 54 more outperform votes than WaFd when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.09% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote.
WaFd has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 10.49%. WaFd's return on equity of 9.58% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
Simmons First National has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WaFd has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Simmons First National had 16 more articles in the media than WaFd. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Simmons First National and 11 mentions for WaFd. WaFd's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Simmons First National's score of 0.57 indicating that WaFd is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Simmons First National pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WaFd pays out 39.5% 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.
Simmons First National presently has a consensus price target of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.37%. WaFd has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.45%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than WaFd.
WaFd has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Simmons First National. WaFd 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.
Summary
WaFd beats Simmons First National on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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