EFSC vs. WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, PB, BOKF, ONB, BPOP, and COLB
Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Popular (BPOP), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Enterprise Financial Services vs.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus price target of $128.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.12%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus price target of $58.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.20%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Financial Services is more favorable than Wintrust Financial.
Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 19.73% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 16.52%. Wintrust Financial's return on equity of 11.99% beat Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity.
Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wintrust Financial pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.7% 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. Wintrust Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 2 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Wintrust Financial's score of 1.06 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wintrust Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wintrust Financial received 193 more outperform votes than Enterprise Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.19% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote.
Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wintrust Financial beats Enterprise Financial Services on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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