Renasant (RNST) Competitors

Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CFR or RNST?

Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher revenue and earnings than Renasant. Renasant 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cullen/Frost Bankers	$2.06B	3.47	$582.54M	$8.87	12.57
Renasant	$662.45M	2.70	$195.46M	$3.27	8.60

Is CFR or RNST a better dividend stock?

Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 26.9% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate CFR or RNST?

Cullen/Frost Bankers presently has a consensus target price of $132.57, indicating a potential upside of 18.86%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $42.17, indicating a potential upside of 49.88%. Given Renasant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Renasant is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cullen/Frost Bankers	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
Renasant	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, CFR or RNST?

Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CFR or RNST?

Renasant received 30 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.60% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote while only 38.98% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cullen/Frost Bankers	Outperform Votes 345 38.98%	Underperform Votes 540 61.02%
Renasant	Outperform Votes 375 57.60%	Underperform Votes 276 42.40%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CFR or RNST?

86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CFR or RNST more profitable?

Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Renasant's net margin of 17.91%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.95% beat Renasant's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cullen/Frost Bankers	20.44%	15.95%	1.17%
Renasant	17.91%	6.58%	0.93%

Does the media favor CFR or RNST?

In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 3 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 9 mentions for Renasant. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Renasant's score of 1.17 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cullen/Frost Bankers	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Renasant	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Renasant on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.