CBU vs. FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, BPOP, ZION, PNFP, WTFC, and PB Should you be buying Community Bank System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Bank System include First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Horizon (NYSE:FHN ) and Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
First Horizon presently has a consensus target price of $16.36, suggesting a potential upside of 3.17%. Community Bank System has a consensus target price of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.88%. Given First Horizon's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Community Bank System is more favorable than First Horizon.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Community Bank System. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Bank System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Community Bank System had 1 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Community Bank System and 2 mentions for First Horizon. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Community Bank System's score of 0.19 indicating that Community Bank System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Bank System has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Community Bank System shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Community Bank System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Horizon received 282 more outperform votes than Community Bank System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 48.23% of users gave Community Bank System an outperform vote.
Community Bank System has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Community Bank System's net margin of 16.07%. Community Bank System's return on equity of 8.96% beat First Horizon's return on equity.
First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Community Bank System pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Horizon pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Bank System pays out 56.6% 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. Community Bank System has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Community Bank System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary First Horizon and Community Bank System tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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