CFR vs. ZION, PNFP, BOKF, WBS, SNV, ONB, FHN, FNB, UMBF, and FULT
Should you be buying Cullen/Frost Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullen/Frost Bankers include Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Webster Financial (WBS), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), First Horizon (FHN), F.N.B. (FNB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association presently has a consensus price target of $43.16, indicating a potential downside of 4.01%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $117.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Given Zions Bancorporation, National Association's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Zions Bancorporation, National Association.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 43.5% 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. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. Zions Bancorporation, National Association 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.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Cullen/Frost Bankers' net margin of 13.23%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity of 18.31% beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 397 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.34% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote while only 39.88% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 13 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 8 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.96 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Zions Bancorporation, National Association on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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