CFR vs. WBS, FHN, BOKF, ZION, SNV, FNB, PNFP, ONB, KEY, and UMBF
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon (FHN), BOK Financial (BOKF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Synovus Financial (SNV), F.N.B. (FNB), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Old National Bancorp (ONB), KeyCorp (KEY), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Cullen/Frost Bankers vs.
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
85.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held 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.
Webster Financial received 153 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.13% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 41.44% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Webster 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.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 30.40% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 28.33%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 21.59% beat Webster Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Webster Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Webster Financial and 7 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.38 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Webster Financial pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 34.8% 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 raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Webster Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Webster Financial presently has a consensus price target of $54.42, suggesting a potential upside of 47.51%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $134.42, suggesting a potential upside of 27.70%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Webster Financial beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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