EFSC vs. CFR, WTFC, UMBF, ZION, SNV, PB, ONB, BOKF, BPOP, and HOMB
Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Popular (BPOP), and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Enterprise Financial Services vs.
Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 42.8% 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. Enterprise Financial Services has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Cullen/Frost Bankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cullen/Frost Bankers received 59 more outperform votes than Enterprise Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.31% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote while only 39.03% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enterprise Financial Services had 3 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services and 6 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 1.29 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Enterprise Financial Services' net margin of 20.12%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.95% beat Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullen/Frost Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $67.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.89%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $132.77, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Financial Services is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Enterprise Financial Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
