CBSH vs. WAL, BPOP, WTFC, SSB, PB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, GBCI, and COLB Should you be buying Commerce Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commerce Bancshares include Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH ) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 2 more articles in the media than Commerce Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 5 mentions for Commerce Bancshares. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 0.50 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 23.33% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 16.50%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.78% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.
Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 213 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 45.67% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce Bancshares. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% 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. Western Alliance Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Commerce Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $55.29, indicating a potential downside of 2.44%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $72.47, indicating a potential upside of 11.75%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
Summary Western Alliance Bancorporation beats Commerce Bancshares on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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