TOWN vs. WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, ZION, CBSH, SNV, PB, and SSB
Should you be buying TowneBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TowneBank include Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), 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), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
TowneBank vs.
TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) and Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Webster Financial has a net margin of 18.80% compared to TowneBank's net margin of 14.89%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 11.03% beat TowneBank's return on equity.
In the previous week, Webster Financial had 18 more articles in the media than TowneBank. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Webster Financial and 5 mentions for TowneBank. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat TowneBank's score of 0.54 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TowneBank presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.65%. Webster Financial has a consensus target price of $61.58, suggesting a potential upside of 3.38%. Given TowneBank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe TowneBank is more favorable than Webster Financial.
TowneBank has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webster Financial has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Webster Financial received 328 more outperform votes than TowneBank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave TowneBank an outperform vote.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TowneBank. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TowneBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TowneBank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. TowneBank pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Webster Financial pays out 36.3% 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. TowneBank has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. TowneBank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
56.0% of TowneBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of TowneBank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Webster Financial beats TowneBank on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TOWN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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