BMA vs BPOP vs CBSH Stock Comparison

Macro Bank, Popular and Commerce Bancshares Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BMA Macro Bank Inc.
$60.25 -8.7% 1M -27.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.04B
P/E
38.6x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
6.39%
Regional Banks Financial Services
3 wins
BPOP Popular, Inc.
$157.88 -0.6% 1M +40.5% 1Y
Market cap
$10.08B
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.35B
Div. yield
2.00%
Regional Banks Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Commerce Bancshares leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Commerce Bancshares 5, Popular 3, Macro Bank 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBMABPOPCBSHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.04B $10.08B $15.87B CBSH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.6x 10.4x 27.2x BPOP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.1x 9.5x 12.1x BMA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.9% +8.6% BPOP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 28.9% 31.3% CBSH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 20.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.6x 0.0x CBSH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 6.39% 2.00% 2.00% BMA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -27.0% +40.5% +8.7% BPOP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +30.8%/yr +14.2%/yr -1.1%/yr BMA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.6% 22.9% 18.5% CBSH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 58/100 64/100 CBSH

Percentile Scorecard

BMABPOPCBSH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBMABPOPCBSH
Valuation 22 #282 of 361 45 #198 of 361 4 #347 of 361
Growth – 46 #93 of 172 64 #62 of 172
Profitability – 66 #51 of 149 95 #9 of 149
Financial Health – 49 #81 of 158 98 #5 of 158
Shareholder Returns 99 #6 of 338 83 #60 of 338 61 #132 of 338
Overall – 58 64
  • BMA ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • BPOP ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • CBSH ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBMABPOPCBSHSPY
1 month -8.7%-0.6%-1.6% +0.9%
3 months -33.5%-8.3%-8.8% +5.9%
6 months -18.0%+6.9%+7.4% +8.5%
Year to date -33.2%+26.8%+5.1% +13.3%
1 year -27.0%+40.5%+8.7% +12.4%
3 years +210.1%+143.5%+45.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +45.9%+34.6%+13.4% +23.5%
5 years +283.0%+93.9%-5.2% +68.2%
5 years, per year +30.8%+14.2%-1.1% +11.0%
10 years -21.3%+332.1%+48.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year -2.4%+15.8%+4.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBMABPOPCBSHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.6%22.9%18.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.1%23.9%19.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.840.620.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.531.770.47 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.1%-48.4%-42.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.5%-11.2%-8.8% -0.9%
52-week high $104.70$177.87$60.33 $779.14
52-week low $60.25$109.24$47.49 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBMABPOPCBSH
P/E now vs peer median 38.6xmedian 12.1x 10.4xmedian 12.1x 27.2xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 3.4x 3.0xmedian 3.4x 8.5xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.1x 4.8xmedian 5.1x 13.2xmedian 5.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 10.8x 12.5xmedian 10.8x 13.1xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.2x 1.6xmedian 1.2x 3.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.32 3.27median 1.32 5.45median 1.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBMABPOPCBSH
Revenue – $3.35B $1.86B
Net income – $969.11M $590.84M
Free cash flow – $807.17M $1.21B
EPS (diluted) – $15.14 $4.04
Cash & equivalents $2.10B – –
Total debt – – $26.29M
Shares (diluted) 1.27B 63.92M 144.31M
Enterprise value -$2.86B $9.97B $15.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBMABPOPCBSH
P/E 38.6x 10.4x 27.2x
P/FCF 19.1x 12.5x 13.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.1x 12.6x
P/S 1.9x 3.0x 8.5x
P/B 1.4x 1.6x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 1.6x 3.7x
EV/EBITDA – 4.8x 13.2x
EV/EBIT – 4.9x 14.0x
EV/Revenue – 3.4x 8.5x
EV/FCF – 14.1x 13.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 11.4x 12.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 3.27 5.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBMABPOPCBSH
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.9% 8.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.5% 6.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) – 34.4% 5.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -0.7% 5.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 43.2% 0.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% 5.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 18.2% 131.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% 36.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 27.4% 145.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.6% 44.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBMABPOPCBSH
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 71.1% 64.6%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 34.1% 40.7%
Net margin – 28.9% 31.3%
FCF margin – 24.1% 65.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 29.9% 67.7%
Return on equity – 15.2% 13.6%
Return on assets – 1.2% 1.7%
Return on invested capital – – 20.2%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – 0.0x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.0x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBMABPOPCBSH
Debt / assets – 1.8% 0.1%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.6x 0.0x
Debt / FCF – 1.7x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 77.5% 91.9% 87.6%
Equity / assets 22.5% 8.1% 12.4%
Interest coverage – 2.0x 3.0x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBMABPOPCBSH
Dividend yield 6.4% 2.0% 2.0%
Net buyback yield – 6.6% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 6.4% 8.6% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBMABPOPCBSH
Forward P/E 7.1xFY2026 9.5xFY2026 12.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.46FY2026 $16.59FY2026 $4.53FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +159.5%FY2026 +36.5%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.5% -0.5% -3.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.93BFY2026 $3.42BFY2026 $2.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026 +19.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +25.8% +11.4% -4.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBMABPOPCBSH
Held by institutions 9.3% 92.5% 37.7%
Institutions holding 94 475 507
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.0% +1.0% +4.8%
Institutions buying 51 236 266
Institutions selling 27 168 144
Buyers to sellers 1.89 1.40 1.85

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BMABPOPCBSH
BMA 1.00 0.31 0.20
BPOP 0.31 1.00 0.66
CBSH 0.20 0.66 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BMA, BPOP and CBSH?

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Macro Bank (BMA) $5.04B, Popular (BPOP) $10.08B, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) $15.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, BMA, BPOP and CBSH?

Popular (BPOP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Macro Bank (BMA) 38.6x, Popular (BPOP) 10.4x, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) 27.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Macro Bank (BMA) is cheapest (Macro Bank (BMA) 7.1x, Popular (BPOP) 9.5x, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) 12.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Popular (BPOP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Popular (BPOP) +9.9%, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) +8.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) has the highest net margin (Popular (BPOP) 28.9%, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) 31.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Popular (BPOP) returned the most: Macro Bank (BMA) -27.0%, Popular (BPOP) +40.5%, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) +8.7%. Over five years, Macro Bank (BMA) compounded fastest (Macro Bank (BMA) +30.8%/yr, Popular (BPOP) +14.2%/yr, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) -1.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Macro Bank (BMA) has the highest dividend yield: Macro Bank (BMA) 6.39%, Popular (BPOP) 2.00%, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) 2.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) has been the steadiest (Macro Bank (BMA) 50.6%, Popular (BPOP) 22.9%, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) 18.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BMA, BPOP and CBSH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.