CBU vs. SFNC, FULT, FFBC, FRME, BANF, TBBK, WSBC, TRMK, NBTB, and CHCO
Should you be buying Community Bank System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Bank System include Simmons First National (SFNC), Fulton Financial (FULT), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), BancFirst (BANF), Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), and City (CHCO). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU) and Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Community Bank System pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Community Bank System pays out 71.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 60.9% 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. Simmons First National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Community Bank System has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simmons First National has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Bank System currently has a consensus target price of $47.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.11%. Simmons First National has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than Community Bank System.
Simmons First National has higher revenue and earnings than Community Bank System. Simmons First National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Bank System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.8% of Community Bank System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Community Bank System shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Simmons First National received 65 more outperform votes than Community Bank System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.64% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote while only 48.23% of users gave Community Bank System an outperform vote.
Community Bank System has a net margin of 13.78% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 12.82%. Community Bank System's return on equity of 9.15% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
In the previous week, Simmons First National had 7 more articles in the media than Community Bank System. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Simmons First National and 10 mentions for Community Bank System. Community Bank System's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Simmons First National's score of -0.08 indicating that Community Bank System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Community Bank System and Simmons First National tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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