CBSH vs. FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, and PNFP
Should you be buying Commerce Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commerce Bancshares include First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Commerce Bancshares vs.
Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
First Citizens BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce Bancshares. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Commerce Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $66.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.39%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $2,290.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.77%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.5% 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. Commerce Bancshares has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years. Commerce Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 24.15% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 17.36%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 15.93% beat First Citizens BancShares' return on equity.
Commerce Bancshares received 107 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.46% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote while only 44.76% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 7 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Commerce Bancshares' score of 0.31 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
First Citizens BancShares beats Commerce Bancshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CBSH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
