CFR vs. FHN, PNFP, WBS, ZION, BOKF, SNV, FNB, ONB, UMBF, and BANF
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include First Horizon (FHN), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Webster Financial (WBS), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), F.N.B. (FNB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, First Horizon had 5 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for First Horizon and 18 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.43 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 22.60% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 16.07%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 19.66% beat First Horizon's return on equity.
Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 42.0% 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.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by 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.
First Horizon received 144 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.62% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 39.98% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cullen/Frost Bankers presently has a consensus price target of $117.92, suggesting a potential upside of 8.16%. First Horizon has a consensus price target of $16.15, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Horizon is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. First Horizon 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.
Summary
First Horizon beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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