GBCI vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, and ZION
Should you be buying Glacier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glacier Bancorp include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Glacier Bancorp vs.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Regions Financial pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glacier Bancorp pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus target price of $27.61, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. Glacier Bancorp has a consensus target price of $48.83, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 18.78% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 14.69%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.60% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.
Regions Financial received 673 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 49.34% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Regions Financial and 1 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.25 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Glacier Bancorp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GBCI) was last updated on 1/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
