Cadence Bank (CADE) Competitors

Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) and ORIX (NYSE:IX) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CADE or IX?

Cadence Bank received 129 more outperform votes than ORIX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.59% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 323 59.59%	Underperform Votes 219 40.41%
ORIX	Outperform Votes 194 59.51%	Underperform Votes 132 40.49%

Do analysts recommend CADE or IX?

Cadence Bank currently has a consensus price target of $36.82, indicating a potential upside of 16.88%. Given Cadence Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than ORIX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
ORIX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CADE or IX?

ORIX has higher revenue and earnings than Cadence Bank. ORIX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, 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
Cadence Bank	$921.95M	6.23	$523.60M	$2.85	11.05
ORIX	$1.83T	0.01	$2.39B	$2.02	10.14

Is CADE or IX a better dividend stock?

Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. ORIX pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cadence Bank pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ORIX pays out 32.2% 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. Cadence Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cadence Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CADE or IX?

84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of ORIX shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ORIX shares are held by 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 & volatility, CADE or IX?

Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ORIX has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CADE or IX more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 18.03% compared to ORIX's net margin of 13.66%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 9.87% beat ORIX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Bank	18.03%	9.87%	1.07%
ORIX	13.66%	9.73%	2.40%

Does the media prefer CADE or IX?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 2 more articles in the media than ORIX. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cadence Bank and 7 mentions for ORIX. Cadence Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ORIX's score of 0.57 indicating that Cadence Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Bank	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ORIX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cadence Bank beats ORIX on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.