Cadence Bank (CADE) Competitors

Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) and ORIX (NYSE:IX) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CADE or IX?

ORIX has higher revenue and earnings than Cadence Bank. ORIX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, 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
Cadence Bank	$2.90B	2.14	$523.60M	$2.77	12.29
ORIX	$19.50B	1.27	$2.39B	$11.50	8.83

Which has more risk & volatility, CADE or IX?

Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ORIX has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CADE or IX?

Cadence Bank currently has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.12%. Given Cadence Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than ORIX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
ORIX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CADE or IX?

Cadence Bank received 125 more outperform votes than ORIX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 317 59.47%	Underperform Votes 216 40.53%
ORIX	Outperform Votes 192 59.63%	Underperform Votes 130 40.37%

Is CADE or IX more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 18.03% compared to ORIX's net margin of 13.66%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 9.87% beat ORIX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Bank	18.03%	9.87%	1.07%
ORIX	13.66%	9.73%	2.40%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CADE or IX?

84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of ORIX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ORIX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CADE or IX?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 4 more articles in the media than ORIX. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cadence Bank and 4 mentions for ORIX. ORIX's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.87 indicating that ORIX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Bank	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ORIX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CADE or IX a better dividend stock?

Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ORIX pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cadence Bank pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ORIX pays out 28.5% 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 14 consecutive years. ORIX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Cadence Bank beats ORIX on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.