STEL vs. COLB, UMBF, HOMB, GBCI, FNB, FFIN, UBSI, ABCB, IBOC, and BANF
Should you be buying Stellarone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellarone include Columbia Banking System (COLB), UMB Financial (UMBF), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Stellarone vs.
Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) and Stellarone (NASDAQ:STEL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than Stellarone. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellarone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stellarone has a net margin of 18.60% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.15%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 10.13% beat Stellarone's return on equity.
Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Stellarone pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Columbia Banking System pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellarone pays out 25.6% 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.
92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Stellarone shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Stellarone shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Columbia Banking System received 192 more outperform votes than Stellarone when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.30% of users gave Stellarone an outperform vote while only 42.54% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 4 more articles in the media than Stellarone. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 0 mentions for Stellarone. Columbia Banking System's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Stellarone's score of 0.00 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellarone has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbia Banking System currently has a consensus price target of $29.31, indicating a potential upside of 2.10%. Stellarone has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.27%. Given Columbia Banking System's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Stellarone.
Summary
Columbia Banking System beats Stellarone on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STEL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
