SFBS vs. IBOC, UCBI, FBP, CATY, IBKC, ALLY, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, and BPOP
Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include International Bancshares (IBOC), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) and ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFBS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. International Bancshares pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 32.9% 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. International Bancshares has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and ServisFirst Bancshares has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. International Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
International Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than ServisFirst Bancshares. International Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus target price of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.58%. Given International Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than International Bancshares.
65.9% of International Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 13.9% of International Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, International Bancshares and International Bancshares both had 1 articles in the media. International Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat ServisFirst Bancshares' score of 1.83 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ServisFirst Bancshares received 43 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.
International Bancshares has a net margin of 40.92% compared to International Bancshares' net margin of 22.31%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 17.50% beat International Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
International Bancshares beats ServisFirst Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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