NBTB vs. CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, ONB, PB, BPOP, and BOKF
Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Popular (BPOP), and BOK Financial (BOKF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
NBT Bancorp vs.
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 13 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 0 mentions for NBT Bancorp. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.86 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.44% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 17.84%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.95% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.
Cullen/Frost Bankers currently has a consensus target price of $132.54, suggesting a potential downside of 5.48%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus target price of $51.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.41%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 45.9% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and NBT Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. Cullen/Frost Bankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cullen/Frost Bankers received 113 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.37% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 39.07% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats NBT Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NBTB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
