STBA vs. GBCI, FNB, FFIN, UBSI, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, FULT, TCBI, and CATY
Should you be buying S&T Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&T Bancorp include Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Fulton Financial (FULT), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
S&T Bancorp vs.
S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) and Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. S&T Bancorp pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glacier Bancorp pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. S&T Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. S&T Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
S&T Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.91% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.34% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.
Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than S&T Bancorp. S&T Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 23.69% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 14.69%. S&T Bancorp's return on equity of 10.25% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.
S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 24 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 0 mentions for S&T Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat S&T Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
S&T Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. Glacier Bancorp has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.70%. Given S&T Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe S&T Bancorp is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.
65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
S&T Bancorp beats Glacier Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STBA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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