RNST vs. WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, ONB, and PB
Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Renasant vs.
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Renasant. Renasant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Alliance Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $98.07, indicating a potential upside of 12.59%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $42.83, indicating a potential upside of 17.01%. Given Renasant's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Renasant is more favorable than Western Alliance Bancorporation.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 1 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 6 mentions for Renasant. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Renasant's score of 1.15 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.4% 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.
Renasant has a net margin of 17.91% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 15.49%. Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity of 13.14% beat Renasant's return on equity.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 158 more outperform votes than Renasant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.00% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats Renasant on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RNST) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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