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Union Bankshares (UBSH) Competitors

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UBSH vs. CBSH, WBS, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, WAL, UMBF, PB, ZION, and ONB

Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Webster Financial (WBS), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), UMB Financial (UMBF), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Union Bankshares vs.

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

Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 33.9% 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. Commerce Bancshares has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years.

70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. Union Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Commerce Bancshares$1.69B4.81$526.33M$4.1314.66
Union Bankshares$633.03M3.49$146.25M$2.719.93

Commerce Bancshares received 32 more outperform votes than Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.45% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 44.10% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Commerce BancsharesOutperform Votes
295
44.10%
Underperform Votes
374
55.90%
Union BanksharesOutperform Votes
263
54.45%
Underperform Votes
220
45.55%

Commerce Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $63.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Given Commerce Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Commerce Bancshares is more favorable than Union Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Commerce Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Union Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 24 more articles in the media than Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 0 mentions for Union Bankshares. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Commerce Bancshares Positive
Union Bankshares Neutral

Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Union Bankshares' net margin of 24.34%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.31% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Commerce Bancshares25.24% 16.31% 1.69%
Union Bankshares 24.34%9.35%1.33%

Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Commerce Bancshares beats Union Bankshares on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UBSH vs. The Competition

MetricUnion BanksharesState Commercial Banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.21B$3.02B$11.13B$7.80B
Dividend Yield2.61%3.97%5.90%4.30%
P/E Ratio9.9322.7722.0818.40
Price / Sales3.492.9925.98101.29
Price / Cash11.5310.6317.5934.62
Price / Book0.901.152.644.18
Net Income$146.25M$372.21M$1.03B$247.71M

Union Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSH
Union Bankshares
N/A$26.90
+1.7%
N/A-18.5%$2.21B$633.03M9.931,609News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
3.8287 of 5 stars
$59.39
+1.1%
$63.20
+6.4%
+9.2%$7.94B$1.69B14.784,590Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9926 of 5 stars
$45.27
+1.6%
$61.92
+36.8%
+4.4%$7.61B$2.58B10.353,240Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.7463 of 5 stars
$94.99
+1.4%
$119.50
+25.8%
+23.0%$7.35B$1.59B15.893,240Positive News
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.6828 of 5 stars
$112.36
+1.5%
$132.57
+18.0%
+4.1%$7.22B$2.06B12.674,980Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.7568 of 5 stars
$104.86
+3.4%
$132.38
+26.3%
+11.7%$7.02B$2.45B10.175,280Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9963 of 5 stars
$63.65
-1.9%
$98.92
+55.4%
+19.1%$7.01B$3.16B8.943,360Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.9778 of 5 stars
$92.22
+2.0%
$122.13
+32.4%
+14.3%$7.00B$1.47B10.253,770Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.986 of 5 stars
$66.64
+1.7%
$83.35
+25.1%
+4.6%$6.35B$1.15B13.173,630Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.9601 of 5 stars
$42.50
-2.6%
$59.63
+40.3%
+8.7%$6.27B$3.13B8.599,990Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.5543 of 5 stars
$19.37
+0.9%
$25.71
+32.8%
+25.1%$6.19B$1.89B11.553,970Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSH) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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