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SFBS vs. CFG, BAP, BCH, AFRM, SOFI, BSAC, ALLY, CIB, COOP, and WF

Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), Affirm (AFRM), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), and Woori Financial Group (WF). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Citizens Financial Group received 307 more outperform votes than ServisFirst Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.87% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Citizens Financial GroupOutperform Votes
537
61.87%
Underperform Votes
331
38.13%
ServisFirst BancsharesOutperform Votes
230
57.79%
Underperform Votes
168
42.21%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 15 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 6 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 1.14 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Citizens Financial Group
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ServisFirst Bancshares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Citizens Financial Group$7.79B2.02$1.51B$3.0311.91
ServisFirst Bancshares$477.66M7.92$227.24M$4.1616.65

Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.

Citizens Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $49.06, suggesting a potential upside of 35.99%. ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus target price of $93.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.02%. Given Citizens Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than ServisFirst Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
ServisFirst Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Citizens Financial Group12.21% 6.75% 0.68%
ServisFirst Bancshares 23.16%14.81%1.39%

Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Citizens Financial Group beats ServisFirst Bancshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SFBS vs. The Competition

MetricServisFirst BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.79B$2.86B$10.85B$18.54B
Dividend Yield1.94%4.08%6.00%4.24%
P/E Ratio16.6821.3121.5831.15
Price / Sales7.922.8725.2025.48
Price / Cash20.6910.6317.6117.54
Price / Book2.341.092.584.30
Net Income$227.24M$372.21M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.77%2.27%3.92%6.53%
1 Month Performance-16.85%-6.56%-3.44%-6.93%
1 Year Performance16.23%14.17%535.34%1.22%

ServisFirst Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
3.5108 of 5 stars
$69.25
+0.4%
$93.50
+35.0%
+15.8%$3.79B$477.66M16.68570Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.9806 of 5 stars
$34.76
+1.4%
$49.06
+41.1%
+7.2%$15.20B$7.79B11.4718,900Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BAP
Credicorp
3.5724 of 5 stars
$170.58
-4.6%
$195.67
+14.7%
+11.7%$13.57B$21.24B9.2837,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
BCH
Banco de Chile
1.7778 of 5 stars
$24.78
-3.4%
$23.00
-7.2%
+21.0%$12.52B$3.04T9.8712,300Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AFRM
Affirm
3.8293 of 5 stars
$37.57
+5.1%
$69.76
+85.7%
+25.0%$11.95B$2.80B-57.802,550High Trading Volume
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
2.6194 of 5 stars
$9.86
+3.0%
$12.50
+26.8%
+47.6%$10.81B$2.61B26.654,200Gap Down
BSAC
Banco Santander-Chile
2.1614 of 5 stars
$20.99
-3.4%
$21.33
+1.6%
+20.6%$9.89B$2.60T10.829,990Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ALLY
Ally Financial
4.9986 of 5 stars
$31.34
-2.4%
$42.82
+36.7%
-13.5%$9.62B$8.90B12.0511,600Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CIB
Bancolombia
2.0762 of 5 stars
$37.61
-6.1%
$39.25
+4.4%
+11.0%$9.04B$27.89T5.9733,100Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
COOP
Mr. Cooper Group
4.7131 of 5 stars
$129.09
-3.8%
$114.78
-11.1%
+52.7%$8.21B$3.02B12.686,600Positive News
High Trading Volume
WF
Woori Financial Group
3.461 of 5 stars
$31.86
+0.3%
N/A+16.0%$7.89B$12.62T4.14150Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
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This page (NYSE:SFBS) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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