CADE vs. KB, SYF, BBDO, CFG, BSBR, SHG, AFRM, BAP, SOFI, and BCH
Should you be buying Cadence Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Bank include KB Financial Group (KB), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Affirm (AFRM), Credicorp (BAP), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), and Banco de Chile (BCH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Cadence Bank vs.
KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. KB Financial Group pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cadence Bank pays out 39.7% 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. Cadence Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cadence Bank received 53 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.78% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.
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.
11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 7 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cadence Bank and 6 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.88 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cadence Bank has a net margin of 18.03% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 12.33%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 9.87% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.
Cadence Bank has a consensus price target of $38.77, indicating a potential upside of 26.03%. Given Cadence Bank's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
Summary
Cadence Bank beats KB Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CADE) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
