Stellarone (STEL) Competitors

BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and Stellarone (NASDAQ:STEL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Is BOKF or STEL more profitable?

Stellarone has a net margin of 18.80% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 16.39%. BOK Financial's return on equity of 9.51% beat Stellarone's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOK Financial	16.39%	9.51%	1.05%
Stellarone	18.80%	7.43%	1.09%

Do analysts rate BOKF or STEL?

BOK Financial currently has a consensus target price of $111.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.09%. Stellarone has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.84%. Given BOK Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than Stellarone.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOK Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Stellarone	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BOKF or STEL?

BOK Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Stellarone. BOK Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellarone, 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
BOK Financial	$3.48B	1.78	$523.57M	$8.70	11.09
Stellarone	$625.45M	2.41	$117.61M	$2.20	12.82

Is BOKF or STEL a better dividend stock?

BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Stellarone pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BOK Financial pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellarone pays out 25.5% 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. BOK Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Stellarone has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BOK Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOKF or STEL?

BOK Financial received 322 more outperform votes than Stellarone when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.80% of users gave Stellarone an outperform vote while only 46.45% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BOK Financial	Outperform Votes 399 46.45%	Underperform Votes 460 53.55%
Stellarone	Outperform Votes 77 55.80%	Underperform Votes 61 44.20%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BOKF or STEL?

34.4% of BOK Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Stellarone shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.1% of BOK Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Stellarone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BOKF or STEL?

BOK Financial has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellarone has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BOKF or STEL?

In the previous week, BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Stellarone'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BOK Financial	Neutral
Stellarone	Neutral

Summary

BOK Financial beats Stellarone on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.