Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF) Competitors

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBSH or SBCF?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 5 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.29% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 44.10% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Commerce Bancshares	Outperform Votes 295 44.10%	Underperform Votes 374 55.90%
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	Outperform Votes 300 59.29%	Underperform Votes 206 40.71%

Is CBSH or SBCF a better dividend stock?

Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 50.3% 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. Commerce Bancshares has increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, CBSH or SBCF?

Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CBSH or SBCF?

Commerce Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $63.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.51%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.72%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is CBSH or SBCF more profitable?

Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 14.95%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.31% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Commerce Bancshares	25.24%	16.31%	1.69%
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	14.95%	5.91%	0.85%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CBSH or SBCF?

70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CBSH or SBCF?

Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Commerce Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, 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
Commerce Bancshares	$1.66B	4.83	$526.33M	$4.01	14.94
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	$515.40M	3.81	$120.99M	$1.43	16.05

Does the media refer more to CBSH or SBCF?

In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 12 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 11 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of 0.97 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Commerce Bancshares	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Commerce Bancshares beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.