SBCF vs. PNFP, CFR, WTFC, ZION, CBSH, SNV, PB, SSB, BOKF, and ONB
Should you be buying Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), BOK Financial (BOKF), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida vs.
Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Pinnacle Financial Partners presently has a consensus target price of $122.73, suggesting a potential upside of 2.35%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a consensus target price of $28.70, suggesting a potential upside of 5.98%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.
Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 52.2% 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.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 1 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 0.65 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 13.97%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 8.89% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinnacle Financial Partners received 152 more outperform votes than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.37% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida 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.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SBCF) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
