CVBF vs. WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SNV, SSB, and ONB
Should you be buying CVB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVB Financial include Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Synovus Financial (SNV), SouthState (SSB), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
CVB Financial vs.
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Webster Financial currently has a consensus target price of $62.08, indicating a potential upside of 11.35%. CVB Financial has a consensus target price of $22.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Given CVB Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than Webster Financial.
Webster Financial received 229 more outperform votes than CVB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.73% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 51.52% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote.
CVB Financial has a net margin of 29.32% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 18.39%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 10.82% beat CVB Financial's return on equity.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Webster Financial pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVB Financial pays out 55.6% 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.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than CVB Financial. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of CVB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Webster Financial had 6 more articles in the media than CVB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Webster Financial and 2 mentions for CVB Financial. CVB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Webster Financial's score of 0.89 indicating that CVB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVB Financial has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Webster Financial beats CVB Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CVBF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
