WSBC vs. CSFL, FRME, SFNC, WAFD, WSFS, CFR, BPOP, PNFP, ZION, and SSB
Should you be buying WesBanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WesBanco include Centerstate Bank (CSFL), First Merchants (FRME), Simmons First National (SFNC), WaFd (WAFD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) and Centerstate Bank (NASDAQ:CSFL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Centerstate Bank has higher revenue and earnings than WesBanco. Centerstate Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WesBanco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Centerstate Bank received 79 more outperform votes than WesBanco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.21% of users gave Centerstate Bank an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.
In the previous week, WesBanco had 14 more articles in the media than Centerstate Bank. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for WesBanco and 0 mentions for Centerstate Bank. WesBanco's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Centerstate Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that WesBanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WesBanco pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Centerstate Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. WesBanco pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centerstate Bank pays out 26.3% 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.
WesBanco has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerstate Bank has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
61.4% of WesBanco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Centerstate Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of WesBanco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Centerstate Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Centerstate Bank has a net margin of 23.43% compared to WesBanco's net margin of 17.52%. Centerstate Bank's return on equity of 8.41% beat WesBanco's return on equity.
WesBanco currently has a consensus price target of $30.60, suggesting a potential downside of 6.65%. Given WesBanco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WesBanco is more favorable than Centerstate Bank.
Summary
Centerstate Bank beats WesBanco on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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