CADE vs. SYF, CFG, BSBR, ALLY, BSAC, AFRM, WF, SOFI, OMF, and COOP
Should you be buying Cadence Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Bank include Synchrony Financial (SYF), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Ally Financial (ALLY), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Affirm (AFRM), Woori Financial Group (WF), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), OneMain (OMF), and Mr. Cooper Group (COOP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) and Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cadence Bank pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synchrony Financial pays out 14.3% 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.
Synchrony Financial received 528 more outperform votes than Cadence Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.72% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 59.73% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 26 more articles in the media than Synchrony Financial. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Cadence Bank and 13 mentions for Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.46 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $33.79, indicating a potential upside of 0.78%. Synchrony Financial has a consensus target price of $50.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.55%. Given Cadence Bank's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than Synchrony Financial.
84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cadence Bank has a net margin of 24.42% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.52%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.06% beat Cadence Bank's return on equity.
Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Cadence Bank on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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