NBTB vs. PNFP, CFR, WTFC, UMBF, ZION, PB, ONB, BOKF, SNV, and BPOP
Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
NBT Bancorp vs.
NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
NBT Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $54.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.87%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus price target of $125.18, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 1 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 7 mentions for NBT Bancorp. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.85 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. NBT Bancorp pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.1% 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. NBT Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. NBT Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Pinnacle Financial Partners received 220 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.35% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote.
NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. NBT Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NBT Bancorp has a net margin of 17.84% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.48%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 9.39% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats NBT Bancorp on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NBTB) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
