Nicolet Bankshares (NIC) Competitors

Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) and Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NIC or CADE?

43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NIC or CADE?

Cadence Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Nicolet Bankshares. Cadence Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nicolet Bankshares, 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
Nicolet Bankshares	$418.83M	3.86	$61.52M	$7.86	13.52
Cadence Bank	$2.19B	2.96	$542.30M	$3.48	10.24

Is NIC or CADE a better dividend stock?

Nicolet Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Nicolet Bankshares pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cadence Bank pays out 28.7% 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 increased 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, NIC or CADE?

Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NIC or CADE?

Cadence Bank received 314 more outperform votes than Nicolet Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote while only 8.70% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nicolet Bankshares	Outperform Votes 2 8.70%	Underperform Votes 21 91.30%
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 316 59.62%	Underperform Votes 214 40.38%

Do analysts rate NIC or CADE?

Nicolet Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.36%. Cadence Bank has a consensus price target of $37.32, indicating a potential upside of 4.68%. Given Nicolet Bankshares' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nicolet Bankshares is more favorable than Cadence Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nicolet Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is NIC or CADE more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Nicolet Bankshares' net margin of 23.35%. Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity of 10.56% beat Cadence Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nicolet Bankshares	23.35%	10.56%	1.34%
Cadence Bank	25.99%	8.95%	0.95%

Does the media prefer NIC or CADE?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Nicolet Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cadence Bank and 3 mentions for Nicolet Bankshares. Nicolet Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.47 indicating that Nicolet Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nicolet Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cadence Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cadence Bank beats Nicolet Bankshares on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.