CADE vs. SYF, BSBR, SHG, CFG, BAP, BCH, AFRM, SOFI, BSAC, and CIB
Should you be buying Cadence Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Bank include Synchrony Financial (SYF), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), Affirm (AFRM), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), and Bancolombia (CIB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Cadence Bank vs.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Synchrony Financial. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Cadence Bank and 38 mentions for Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.63 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Synchrony Financial pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cadence Bank pays out 38.6% 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 raised 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.
Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Cadence Bank. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cadence Bank has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 15.36%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 18.30% beat Cadence Bank's return on equity.
Synchrony Financial presently has a consensus target price of $63.95, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. Cadence Bank has a consensus target price of $37.27, indicating a potential upside of 27.30%. Given Cadence Bank's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than Synchrony Financial.
Synchrony Financial received 539 more outperform votes than Cadence Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.23% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Cadence Bank on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CADE) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
