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Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.(CFR)

Live Price

Offline

$155.31

+1.18% today

1Y Change

+19.42%

Window

Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 25, 2026

Market Cap
$8.85B
Revenue Growth
+2.5%
EPS Growth
+12.8%
Dividend Yield
2.8%

Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 25, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (CFR) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $8.85B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $155.31 and up 19.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 25, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.5%, EPS growth of +12.8%, a dividend yield of 2.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.5%, EPS +12.8%, free cash flow -85.2% with operating margin 28.5% and ROIC 3.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.4 and price/sales 3.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CFR price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

CFR vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

Mixed setup vs SPY

CFR is 0.57 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.

CFR had 4.48 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.

CFR beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.

CFR

+19.42%

Normalized return

SPY

+18.85%

S&P 500

Excess Return

+0.57 pts

Relative to SPY

CFR Max Drawdown

-13.62%

Trailing 1Y

SPY Max Drawdown

-9.13%

Trailing 1Y

CFRSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for CFR and SPY.

YearCFRSPYExcessLeader
2026+19.76%+6.71%+13.06 ptsCFR
2025-0.21%+11.19%-11.40 ptsSPY

Financial profile

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (CFR)

Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.

FY Revenue

$1.4B

-25.8% YoY

FY Net Income

$443.1M

-23.5% YoY

Free Cash Flow

$582.4M

-6.1% YoY

Revenue Growth

+2.5%

EPS Growth

+12.8%

Gross Margin

80.1%

Net Margin

24.0%

Income statement

USD

Annual
Metric20252024202320222021
Revenue2.9B2.8B2.6B1.9B1.4B
Gross Profit2.2B2.0B1.9B1.7B1.4B
Operating Income772M696M712M669M490M
EBITDA859M779M789M740M559M
Net Income649M583M598M579M443M
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Balance sheet

USD

Point-in-time
Metric20252024202320222021
Cash & Equivalents8.9B10.2B8.6B11.8B16.5B
Total Assets53.0B52.5B50.8B52.9B50.9B
Total Liabilities48.5B48.6B47.1B49.8B46.4B
Shareholder Equity4.6B3.9B3.7B3.1B4.4B
Total Debt4.8B4.6B4.4B4.9B3.0B
Net Debt-4.1B-5.6B-4.2B-6.9B-13.6B

Cash flow positioning

Latest Full Year

Operating Cash Flow

648M

-10.3% YoY

Capital Expenditures

66M

+35.8% YoY

Free Cash Flow

582M

-6.1% YoY

Key ratios

  • Gross Margin

    80.1%

  • Operating Margin

    28.5%

  • Net Margin

    24.0%

  • ROE

    15.1%

  • Debt / Equity

    1.03x

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