CADE vs. KB, IX, RKT, BBD, CFG, BBDO, SHG, AFRM, SOFI, and BSBR
Should you be buying Cadence Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Bank include KB Financial Group (KB), ORIX (IX), Rocket Companies (RKT), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Affirm (AFRM), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), and Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Cadence Bank vs.
Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 2 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cadence Bank and 2 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.60 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cadence Bank received 53 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.02% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.
Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cadence Bank pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Financial Group pays out 21.1% 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. Cadence Bank has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. KB Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cadence Bank. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cadence Bank currently has a consensus target price of $37.32, suggesting a potential upside of 4.68%. Given Cadence Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cadence Bank has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cadence Bank has a net margin of 25.99% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 12.33%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 8.95% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Cadence Bank beats KB Financial Group on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CADE) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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