Cadence Bank (CADE) Competitors

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

Is CADE or SYF more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.98%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.64% beat Cadence Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Bank	25.99%	8.95%	0.95%
Synchrony Financial	13.98%	16.64%	1.96%

Do analysts rate CADE or SYF?

Cadence Bank currently has a consensus price target of $35.29, suggesting a potential downside of 6.39%. Synchrony Financial has a consensus price target of $56.60, suggesting a potential downside of 12.90%. Given Cadence Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than Synchrony Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Synchrony Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Which has more volatility & risk, CADE or SYF?

Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CADE or SYF?

Synchrony Financial received 533 more outperform votes than Cadence Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.52% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 314 59.58%	Underperform Votes 213 40.42%
Synchrony Financial	Outperform Votes 847 70.52%	Underperform Votes 354 29.48%

Does the media refer more to CADE or SYF?

In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Cadence Bank. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 3 mentions for Cadence Bank. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.75 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Bank	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Synchrony Financial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CADE or SYF?

84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CADE or SYF?

Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Cadence Bank. Synchrony Financial 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	$2.19B	3.13	$542.30M	$3.48	10.83
Synchrony Financial	$20.71B	1.22	$2.24B	$7.66	8.48

Is CADE or SYF a better dividend stock?

Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cadence Bank pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synchrony Financial pays out 13.1% 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. Cadence Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

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