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$125.44 +0.55 (+0.44%)
Closing price 09/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CFR vs. CBSH, EWBC, HBAN, HWC, SSB, WTFC, ASB, CFG, FNB, and WBS

Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Hancock Whitney (HWC), SouthState (SSB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Cullen/Frost Bankers vs. Its Competitors

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 2 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.88 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Commerce Bancshares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Cullen/Frost Bankers
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Commerce Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $68.20, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $134.79, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. Given Commerce Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Commerce Bancshares is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Commerce Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cullen/Frost Bankers
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93

Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce Bancshares. Cullen/Frost Bankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Commerce Bancshares$2.09B3.75$526.33M$4.2013.96
Cullen/Frost Bankers$2.85B2.83$582.54M$9.2913.50

Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 26.37% compared to Cullen/Frost Bankers' net margin of 21.20%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.01% beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Commerce Bancshares26.37% 16.01% 1.74%
Cullen/Frost Bankers 21.20%15.46%1.18%

Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.1% 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. Commerce Bancshares has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years and Cullen/Frost Bankers has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years.

70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held 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.

Summary

Commerce Bancshares beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CFR vs. The Competition

MetricCullen/Frost BankersBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.03B$2.24B$12.71B$21.71B
Dividend Yield3.20%2.42%5.44%3.52%
P/E Ratio13.5012.40241.2529.86
Price / Sales2.832.7431.0262.19
Price / Cash11.1813.8522.8824.72
Price / Book2.151.392.314.59
Net Income$582.54M$143.71M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.13%0.49%0.46%0.99%
1 Month Performance-4.13%-0.50%1.68%2.77%
1 Year Performance11.46%15.66%539.87%15.20%

Cullen/Frost Bankers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.0948 of 5 stars
$125.44
+0.4%
$135.69
+8.2%
+11.5%$8.03B$2.85B13.505,854
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.6152 of 5 stars
$59.02
-1.1%
$68.20
+15.6%
-5.2%$7.88B$2.09B14.054,687Positive News
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.9431 of 5 stars
$107.92
-1.3%
$116.64
+8.1%
+29.0%$14.87B$2.69B12.613,100
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9207 of 5 stars
$17.63
-0.8%
$18.79
+6.6%
+18.8%$25.72B$11.96B13.0619,932Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.7191 of 5 stars
$63.07
-0.2%
$68.25
+8.2%
+22.4%$5.35B$2.06B11.623,476Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.6191 of 5 stars
$100.81
-0.4%
$115.27
+14.3%
+1.6%$10.20B$2.12B14.485,030Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8125 of 5 stars
$133.66
-1.4%
$147.31
+10.2%
+22.9%$8.95B$3.97B12.655,903Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8236 of 5 stars
$25.90
-1.4%
$27.78
+7.3%
+19.9%$4.29B$1.09B33.634,000Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.2031 of 5 stars
$51.35
-0.9%
$52.00
+1.3%
+29.2%$22.15B$12.36B15.6117,287Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.5937 of 5 stars
$16.25
-1.0%
$18.64
+14.8%
+13.4%$5.83B$2.57B12.694,280High Trading Volume
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9162 of 5 stars
$60.54
-1.6%
$67.00
+10.7%
+27.9%$10.06B$4.18B12.284,407Positive News

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