CFR vs. FITB, MTB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, and CBSH
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Cullen/Frost Bankers' net margin of 17.70%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 18.31% beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 4 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.65 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Fifth Third Bancorp 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.
83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $36.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.49%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus target price of $117.46, indicating a potential upside of 15.63%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 399 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 39.88% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.5% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp and Cullen/Frost Bankers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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