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The price of Cullen Frost Bankers Inc (NYSE: CFR) closed at $136.19 in the last session, up 1.28% from day before closing price of $134.47. In other words, the price has increased by $1.28 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.39 million shares were traded. CFR stock price reached its highest trading level at $137.57 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $135.615.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CFR’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.13.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on May 21, 2025, initiated with a Underperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $105.
On May 02, 2025, Evercore ISI Upgraded its rating to In-line which previously was Underperform but kept the price unchanged to $132.
On April 01, 2025, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $130.Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating on April 01, 2025, with a $130 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 19 ’25 when Wolfshohl Candace K bought 7,670 shares for $131.11 per share.
Henson Matthew Bradley bought 1,870 shares of CFR for $31,659 on May 02 ’25. The Chief Accounting Officer now owns 5,545 shares after completing the transaction at $16.93 per share. On Jan 31 ’25, another insider, Bracher Paul, who serves as the President of CFR of the company, sold 11,500 shares for $139.45 each. As a result, the insider received 1,603,675 and left with 102,946 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CFR now has a Market Capitalization of 8755368960 and an Enterprise Value of 5545960960. As of this moment, Cullen’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.96, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.28. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.35. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.21. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.721.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CFR is 0.68, which has changed by 0.39339066 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CFR has reached a high of $147.64, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $96.93. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.97%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.05%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CFR traded on average about 413.91K shares per day over the past 3-months and 375400 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 64.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.57M. Insiders hold about 7.35% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.32% stake in the company. Shares short for CFR as of 1749772800 were 1762536 with a Short Ratio of 4.26, compared to 1747267200 on 2207267. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1762536 and a Short% of Float of 3.15.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for CFR is 3.85, which was 3.77 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028035993The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.95. The current Payout Ratio is 42.19% for CFR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1748563200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-06-23 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
