SFBS vs. IBOC, UCBI, FBP, CATY, IBKC, ALLY, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, and BPOP
Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include International Bancshares (IBOC), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) and ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFBS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
65.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. International Bancshares pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 32.9% 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. International Bancshares has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and ServisFirst Bancshares has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. International Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
International Bancshares has a net margin of 40.92% compared to International Bancshares' net margin of 22.31%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 17.50% beat International Bancshares' return on equity.
ServisFirst Bancshares received 43 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.
International Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, International Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for International Bancshares and 2 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. International Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat ServisFirst Bancshares' score of 1.53 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ServisFirst Bancshares. International Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus price target of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.56%. Given International Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than International Bancshares.
Summary
International Bancshares beats ServisFirst Bancshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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