ASB vs. ALLY, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, BPOP, WTFC, PB, SSB, OZK, and CADE
Should you be buying Associated Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Banc include Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), Bank OZK (OZK), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Ally Financial received 508 more outperform votes than Associated Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ally Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Associated Banc. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ally Financial and 3 mentions for Associated Banc. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Associated Banc's score of 0.54 indicating that Associated Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Associated Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ally Financial currently has a consensus target price of $38.47, suggesting a potential downside of 1.28%. Associated Banc has a consensus target price of $23.13, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Given Ally Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Associated Banc is more favorable than Ally Financial.
Ally Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Associated Banc. Ally Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ally Financial pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Associated Banc pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Banc has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Associated Banc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ally Financial has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Banc has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ally Financial has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 6.86%. Associated Banc's return on equity of 8.35% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Ally Financial beats Associated Banc on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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