CBU vs. EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, and SSB
Should you be buying Community Bank System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Bank System include East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Community Bank System vs.
Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
East West Bancorp received 352 more outperform votes than Community Bank System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.90% of users gave Community Bank System an outperform vote.
73.8% of Community Bank System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Community Bank System shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Community Bank System. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Bank System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 24.96% compared to Community Bank System's net margin of 18.82%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 16.07% beat Community Bank System's return on equity.
Community Bank System has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Bank System presently has a consensus price target of $65.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.08%. East West Bancorp has a consensus price target of $109.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.19%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Community Bank System.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 13 more articles in the media than Community Bank System. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for East West Bancorp and 6 mentions for Community Bank System. Community Bank System's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat East West Bancorp's score of 1.11 indicating that Community Bank System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community Bank System pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Community Bank System pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 27.8% 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. Community Bank System has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Community Bank System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Community Bank System on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CBU) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
