Bancorp (TBBK) Competitors

Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TBBK or CBSH?

Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bancorp. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, 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
Bancorp	$523.72M	4.22	$217.54M	$4.30	10.71
Commerce Bancshares	$1.66B	4.73	$526.33M	$4.01	14.65

Do analysts recommend TBBK or CBSH?

Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 46.91%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus price target of $65.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.92%. Given Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bancorp is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Commerce Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer TBBK or CBSH?

In the previous week, Bancorp had 25 more articles in the media than Commerce Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Bancorp and 23 mentions for Commerce Bancshares. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Bancorp's score of 0.37 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bancorp	13 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	29 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Commerce Bancshares	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TBBK or CBSH more profitable?

Bancorp has a net margin of 30.97% compared to Commerce Bancshares' net margin of 25.24%. Bancorp's return on equity of 27.33% beat Commerce Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bancorp	30.97%	27.33%	2.66%
Commerce Bancshares	25.24%	16.31%	1.69%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TBBK or CBSH?

96.2% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TBBK or CBSH?

Bancorp has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TBBK or CBSH?

Bancorp received 54 more outperform votes than Commerce Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.70% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bancorp	Outperform Votes 349 60.70%	Underperform Votes 226 39.30%
Commerce Bancshares	Outperform Votes 295 44.29%	Underperform Votes 371 55.71%

Summary

Bancorp beats Commerce Bancshares on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.