SFBS vs. CFG, BSBR, SHG, AFRM, BAP, BCH, SOFI, BSAC, ALLY, and CIB
Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Affirm (AFRM), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), and Bancolombia (CIB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ServisFirst Bancshares vs.
Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 32.2% 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.
In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 26 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 2 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 0.57 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citizens Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than ServisFirst Bancshares. Citizens Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Citizens Financial Group received 307 more outperform votes than ServisFirst Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.94% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.
94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Citizens Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $48.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.21%. ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus target price of $93.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.50%. Given Citizens Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than ServisFirst Bancshares.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 23.16% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 14.81% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Citizens Financial Group beats ServisFirst Bancshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SFBS) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
