Why Are People Talking About Investing in Commerce Bancshares (CBSH)?

Commerce Bancshares logged a 1.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $47.67 per share. On average, analysts give it a target price of $52.0.

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Commerce Bank that provides retail, mortgage banking, corporate, investment, trust, and asset management products and services to individuals and businesses in the United States. The mid-cap company is based in the United States. Commerce Bancshares currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.2%.

Make Sure to Consider the Following Before Buying Commerce Bancshares:

  • Commerce Bancshares has moved -25.0% over the last year.

  • CBSH has a forward P/E ratio of 13.9 based on its EPS guidance of 3.44.

  • Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 8.6%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -1.44.

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.23

Commerce Bancshares Has Irregular Cash Flows

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-22 559,785 -62,206 621,991 -5.63
2022-02-23 611,262 -47,857 659,119 0.59
2021-02-24 623,992 -31,256 655,248 18.42
2020-02-25 512,794 -40,542 553,336 -3.35
2019-02-21 552,660 -19,867 572,527 35.63
2018-02-22 394,491 -27,634 422,125

Commerce Bancshares's free cash flows have a decent average of $580.72 Million over the last 6 years, but they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 1166090814.4%. The compounded average growth rate over this period is 0.0%.

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