CFR vs. CBSH, EWBC, HBAN, HWC, WTFC, ASB, FNB, RF, WBS, and MTB
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), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), Regions Financial (RF), Webster Financial (WBS), and M&T Bank (MTB). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
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 increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years and Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years.
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.
70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by company 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, Commerce Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 13 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Commerce Bancshares' score of 0.55 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Commerce Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $68.43, suggesting a potential upside of 18.29%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $137.62, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Commerce Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Commerce Bancshares is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
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.
Summary
Commerce Bancshares and Cullen/Frost Bankers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CFR) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
