SFNC vs. WAFD, CSFL, FRME, WSFS, WSBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, and CFR
Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include WaFd (WAFD), Centerstate Bank (CSFL), First Merchants (FRME), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WesBanco (WSBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) and WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Simmons First National received 54 more outperform votes than WaFd when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.31% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote while only 48.38% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote.
Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Simmons First National pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WaFd pays out 39.5% 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.
Simmons First National currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.43%. WaFd has a consensus target price of $33.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.38%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than WaFd.
WaFd has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Simmons First National. WaFd is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WaFd has a net margin of 15.33% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 11.97%. WaFd's return on equity of 10.02% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
Simmons First National has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WaFd has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
27.6% of Simmons First National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of WaFd shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WaFd shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Simmons First National and Simmons First National both had 1 articles in the media. Simmons First National's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat WaFd's score of 0.38 indicating that Simmons First National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
WaFd beats Simmons First National on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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