ZION vs. CFR, CMA, SNV, BOKF, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, and EWBC
Should you be buying Zions Bancorporation, National Association stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zions Bancorporation, National Association include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Comerica (CMA), Synovus Financial (SNV), BOK Financial (BOKF), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), and East West Bancorp (EWBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association vs.
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 39.2% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Zions Bancorporation, National Association has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullen/Frost Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 18.81% compared to Zions Bancorporation, National Association's net margin of 14.09%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.82% beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association 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.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 395 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.89% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote while only 39.34% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Cullen/Frost Bankers currently has a consensus target price of $123.86, suggesting a potential downside of 10.07%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a consensus target price of $54.63, suggesting a potential downside of 6.88%. Given Zions Bancorporation, National Association's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zions Bancorporation, National Association is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.
In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 8 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 4 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's score of 0.85 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Zions Bancorporation, National Association on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZION) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
