STBA vs. COLB, GBCI, HOMB, UMBF, FFIN, FNB, UBSI, ABCB, IBOC, and BANF
Should you be buying S&T Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&T Bancorp include Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), UMB Financial (UMBF), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), F.N.B. (FNB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
S&T Bancorp vs.
S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
S&T Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.43%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.66%. Given Columbia Banking System's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.
S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 23.69% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.15%. S&T Bancorp's return on equity of 10.25% beat Columbia Banking System's return on equity.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 5 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 4 mentions for S&T Bancorp. Columbia Banking System's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat S&T Bancorp's score of 0.40 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than S&T Bancorp. S&T Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Banking System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held 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.
S&T Bancorp received 2 more outperform votes than Columbia Banking System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.91% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.52% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. S&T Bancorp pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 62.3% 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. S&T Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Summary
S&T Bancorp beats Columbia Banking System on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STBA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
