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$106.68 -5.03 (-4.50%)
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CFR vs. MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, and WBS

Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Cullen/Frost Bankers vs.

M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

M&T Bank has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. M&T Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullen/Frost Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
M&T Bank$9.23B2.80$2.59B$14.6310.74
Cullen/Frost Bankers$2.06B3.32$582.54M$8.8712.03

Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.44% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 19.24%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.95% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
M&T Bank19.24% 10.12% 1.25%
Cullen/Frost Bankers 20.44%15.95%1.17%

Cullen/Frost Bankers received 94 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.80% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote while only 38.98% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
M&T BankOutperform Votes
251
45.80%
Underperform Votes
297
54.20%
Cullen/Frost BankersOutperform Votes
345
38.98%
Underperform Votes
540
61.02%

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 17 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for M&T Bank and 22 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.59 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
M&T Bank
27 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cullen/Frost Bankers
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

M&T Bank currently has a consensus price target of $215.97, suggesting a potential upside of 37.45%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $132.57, suggesting a potential upside of 24.27%. Given M&T Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
M&T Bank
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
Cullen/Frost Bankers
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93

M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 42.8% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Cullen/Frost Bankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

M&T Bank beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFR vs. The Competition

MetricCullen/Frost BankersNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.86B$19.22B$10.29B$17.69B
Dividend Yield3.05%3.50%5.42%3.79%
P/E Ratio12.0311.3421.3629.96
Price / Sales3.322.6024.9924.26
Price / Cash12.7411.1617.6217.54
Price / Book1.831.052.564.13
Net Income$582.54M$2.17B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-14.26%-8.03%-5.37%-8.68%
1 Month Performance-18.54%-10.17%494.10%-9.64%
1 Year Performance-3.06%7.99%530.22%-4.93%

Cullen/Frost Bankers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.7267 of 5 stars
$106.68
-4.5%
$132.57
+24.3%
+1.8%$6.86B$2.06B12.034,980Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9676 of 5 stars
$179.35
+2.3%
$218.79
+22.0%
+17.5%$29.47B$9.23B12.2622,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9926 of 5 stars
$39.32
+2.3%
$46.64
+18.6%
-1.0%$26.24B$8.25B12.5118,724Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9904 of 5 stars
$1,852.71
+1.0%
$2,288.08
+23.5%
+3.2%$25.10B$9.73B9.7610,700Positive News
Gap Down
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9603 of 5 stars
$15.06
+1.8%
$18.18
+20.7%
-1.1%$21.97B$7.39B12.2319,955Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
RF
Regions Financial
4.9831 of 5 stars
$21.83
+1.9%
$27.17
+24.4%
-2.9%$19.77B$7.08B11.2520,100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
KEY
KeyCorp
4.986 of 5 stars
$16.05
+1.6%
$19.42
+21.0%
-7.4%$17.73B$4.39B-53.4817,333Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.3885 of 5 stars
$90.07
+1.1%
$111.31
+23.6%
+2.8%$12.46B$2.57B10.813,160Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FHN
First Horizon
4.9404 of 5 stars
$19.46
+1.2%
$22.23
+14.2%
+16.3%$10.01B$3.10B14.317,540Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SSB
SouthState
4.4647 of 5 stars
$93.66
+1.6%
$115.44
+23.3%
+5.8%$9.48B$1.67B13.435,030Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9706 of 5 stars
$51.75
+1.4%
$63.36
+22.4%
-9.3%$8.87B$2.58B11.843,240Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
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