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.
Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) and Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Ally Financial pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ally Financial has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Associated Banc's net margin of 6.86%. Ally Financial's return on equity of 8.35% beat Associated Banc's return on equity.
83.0% of Associated Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Associated Banc has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ally Financial has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Ally Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Associated Banc. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ally Financial and 2 mentions for Associated Banc. Associated Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Ally Financial's score of 0.52 indicating that Associated Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Associated Banc currently has a consensus price target of $23.13, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Ally Financial has a consensus price target of $38.47, suggesting a potential downside of 1.28%. Given Associated Banc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Associated Banc is more favorable than Ally Financial.
Summary
Ally Financial beats Associated Banc on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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