SSB vs. MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, and CBSH
Should you be buying SouthState stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SouthState include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
SouthState vs.
SouthState (NASDAQ:SSB) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
89.8% of SouthState shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SouthState shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SouthState received 251 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave SouthState an outperform vote while only 46.26% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 3 more articles in the media than SouthState. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for M&T Bank and 7 mentions for SouthState. SouthState's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.98 indicating that SouthState is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SouthState pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. SouthState pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% 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.
SouthState has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
SouthState presently has a consensus target price of $116.27, indicating a potential upside of 28.36%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $212.53, indicating a potential upside of 15.19%. Given SouthState's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SouthState is more favorable than M&T Bank.
Summary
SouthState beats M&T Bank on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SSB) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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