Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) Competitors

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and Glacier Bancorp (NYSE:GBCI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Is CFG or GBCI a better dividend stock?

Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glacier Bancorp pays out 68.8% 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. Citizens Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CFG or GBCI?

94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CFG or GBCI?

Citizens Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Citizens Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier 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
Citizens Financial Group	$12.36B	1.77	$1.51B	$3.29	15.42
Glacier Bancorp	$1.27B	4.50	$190.14M	$1.92	25.06

Does the media favor CFG or GBCI?

In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 23 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 1 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Citizens Financial Group	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Glacier Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CFG or GBCI?

Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CFG or GBCI more profitable?

Glacier Bancorp has a net margin of 16.72% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 13.26%. Citizens Financial Group's return on equity of 6.94% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Citizens Financial Group	13.26%	6.94%	0.72%
Glacier Bancorp	16.72%	6.63%	0.78%

Do analysts rate CFG or GBCI?

Citizens Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $51.53, suggesting a potential upside of 1.57%. Given Citizens Financial Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Citizens Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Summary

Citizens Financial Group beats Glacier Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.