BANR vs. WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, ZION, CBSH, SNV, PB, SSB, and BOKF
Should you be buying Banner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banner include Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), and BOK Financial (BOKF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Banner vs.
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 40.2% 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.
79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Banner shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 197 more outperform votes than Banner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave Banner an outperform vote.
Banner has a net margin of 20.28% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 14.66%. Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity of 13.16% beat Banner's return on equity.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Banner had 1 more articles in the media than Western Alliance Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Banner and 5 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 0.72 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $94.31, indicating a potential upside of 5.25%. Banner has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.44%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than Banner.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Banner. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats Banner on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BANR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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