CFR vs. BOKF, HBAN, HWC, SSB, WTFC, ASB, FNB, RF, SNV, and WBS
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include BOK Financial (BOKF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Hancock Whitney (HWC), SouthState (SSB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), Regions Financial (RF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Cullen/Frost Bankers vs. Its Competitors
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Cullen/Frost Bankers presently has a consensus target price of $132.08, indicating a potential downside of 3.02%. BOK Financial has a consensus target price of $110.08, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Given BOK Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOK Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.89% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 16.39%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.70% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of BOK Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BOK Financial pays out 26.2% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years and BOK Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Cullen/Frost Bankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BOK Financial. BOK Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullen/Frost Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 5 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 8 mentions for BOK Financial. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat BOK Financial's score of 0.77 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats BOK Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CFR) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
