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TOWN vs. FHN, SSB, CBSH, WBS, WAL, PNFP, WTFC, CFR, UMBF, and BPOP

Should you be buying TowneBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TowneBank include First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), UMB Financial (UMBF), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

TowneBank vs.

TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

TowneBank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. TowneBank pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 41.7% 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. TowneBank has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Horizon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than TowneBank. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TowneBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TowneBank$692.51M3.66$161.76M$2.3614.33
First Horizon$3.11B3.12$775M$1.4413.12

TowneBank has a net margin of 15.77% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.38%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat TowneBank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TowneBank15.77% 7.77% 0.96%
First Horizon 15.38%10.10%1.07%

TowneBank presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.27%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $22.03, suggesting a potential upside of 16.64%. Given TowneBank's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe TowneBank is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TowneBank
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
First Horizon
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

TowneBank has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.0% of TowneBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of TowneBank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, First Horizon had 6 more articles in the media than TowneBank. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for First Horizon and 10 mentions for TowneBank. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat TowneBank's score of 1.15 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TowneBank
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Horizon
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Horizon received 304 more outperform votes than TowneBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.03% of users gave TowneBank an outperform vote while only 54.53% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TowneBankOutperform Votes
208
55.03%
Underperform Votes
170
44.97%
First HorizonOutperform Votes
512
54.53%
Underperform Votes
427
45.47%

Summary

First Horizon beats TowneBank on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TOWN vs. The Competition

MetricTowneBankState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.54B$3.12B$11.28B$8.04B
Dividend Yield3.05%3.86%5.75%4.22%
P/E Ratio15.7324.2422.4018.83
Price / Sales3.663.0626.53106.72
Price / Cash13.2810.6317.5934.62
Price / Book1.201.182.714.33
Net Income$161.76M$372.21M$1.03B$247.97M
7 Day Performance2.98%3.02%1.96%3.18%
1 Month Performance9.59%6.81%3.56%8.13%
1 Year Performance23.88%17.15%535.07%5.01%

TowneBank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TOWN
TowneBank
3.6301 of 5 stars
$33.82
+2.5%
$40.00
+18.3%
+25.1%$2.54B$692.51M15.732,784Short Interest ↑
Positive News
FHN
First Horizon
4.8385 of 5 stars
$18.00
+1.1%
$22.03
+22.4%
+20.5%$9.25B$3.11B13.247,540Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.5625 of 5 stars
$87.51
+0.2%
$117.10
+33.8%
+14.2%$8.87B$1.67B12.575,030Analyst Revision
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
3.9283 of 5 stars
$61.03
+0.8%
$63.20
+3.6%
+12.3%$8.18B$1.69B15.224,590Dividend Announcement
Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9979 of 5 stars
$47.64
+0.3%
$62.73
+31.7%
+11.0%$8.02B$2.58B10.903,240Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9986 of 5 stars
$70.41
+1.0%
$96.62
+37.2%
+21.3%$7.78B$3.21B9.923,360Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.8662 of 5 stars
$100.22
-0.1%
$119.50
+19.2%
+30.7%$7.75B$1.59B16.763,240Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.916 of 5 stars
$112.15
+1.2%
$133.54
+19.1%
+15.8%$7.50B$2.49B10.885,280Analyst Upgrade
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.5958 of 5 stars
$116.71
+1.2%
$132.57
+13.6%
+17.5%$7.50B$2.06B13.164,980Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.931 of 5 stars
$95.93
+0.3%
$122.13
+27.3%
+22.6%$7.28B$1.47B10.673,770Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
BPOP
Popular
4.9082 of 5 stars
$96.10
+0.2%
$111.14
+15.7%
+13.1%$6.66B$2.80B11.238,810Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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