GBCI vs. CFG, BAP, BSBR, BCH, WF, COOP, ALLY, IREN, CIB, and BSAC
Should you be buying Glacier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glacier Bancorp include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Credicorp (BAP), Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR), Banco De Chile (BCH), Woori Bank (WF), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Ally Financial (ALLY), IREN (IREN), BanColombia (CIB), and Banco Santander Chile (BSAC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Glacier Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Glacier Bancorp (NYSE:GBCI) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 51.1% 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. Citizens Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 20 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 1 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Citizens Financial Group has a consensus target price of $54.70, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Citizens Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.
Summary
Citizens Financial Group beats Glacier Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GBCI) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
