SouthState (SSB) Competitors

M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and SouthState (NASDAQ:SSB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MTB or SSB?

M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than SouthState. M&T Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SouthState, 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
M&T Bank	$9.30B	3.20	$2.59B	$14.93	12.44
SouthState	$1.88B	4.88	$534.78M	$6.33	14.31

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MTB or SSB?

84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of SouthState shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of SouthState shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTB or SSB?

SouthState received 251 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave SouthState an outperform vote while only 46.17% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
M&T Bank	Outperform Votes 259 46.17%	Underperform Votes 302 53.83%
SouthState	Outperform Votes 510 61.97%	Underperform Votes 313 38.03%

Is MTB or SSB more profitable?

SouthState has a net margin of 22.38% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 19.24%. M&T Bank's return on equity of 10.12% beat SouthState's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M&T Bank	19.24%	10.12%	1.25%
SouthState	22.38%	9.62%	1.21%

Do analysts prefer MTB or SSB?

M&T Bank currently has a consensus target price of $209.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.70%. SouthState has a consensus target price of $116.90, suggesting a potential upside of 29.07%. Given SouthState's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SouthState is more favorable than M&T Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M&T Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
SouthState	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Is MTB or SSB a better dividend stock?

M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. SouthState pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SouthState pays out 34.1% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, MTB or SSB?

M&T Bank has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SouthState has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MTB or SSB?

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 19 more articles in the media than SouthState. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for M&T Bank and 12 mentions for SouthState. SouthState's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.99 indicating that SouthState is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
M&T Bank	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SouthState	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SouthState beats M&T Bank on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.