Comerica (CMA) Competitors

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Comerica (NYSE:CMA) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EWBC or CMA?

East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Comerica. Comerica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
East West Bancorp	$4.53B	3.32	$1.17B	$8.38	13.03
Comerica	$3.29B	2.53	$698M	$5.29	11.98

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EWBC or CMA?

89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Comerica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Comerica 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.

Is EWBC or CMA a better dividend stock?

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comerica pays out 53.7% 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. East West Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Is EWBC or CMA more profitable?

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Comerica's net margin of 14.89%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.23% beat Comerica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
East West Bancorp	25.73%	15.23%	1.55%
Comerica	14.89%	11.59%	0.94%

Do analysts recommend EWBC or CMA?

East West Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $108.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Comerica has a consensus price target of $62.30, suggesting a potential downside of 1.67%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Comerica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
East West Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Comerica	6 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.95

Does the media refer more to EWBC or CMA?

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Comerica. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for East West Bancorp and 11 mentions for Comerica. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Comerica's score of 0.57 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
East West Bancorp	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Comerica	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, EWBC or CMA?

East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comerica has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Comerica on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.