Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

CFR Financial Banks Regional

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 2.46% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+2.95%
EPS
+6.37%
Free cash flow
+21.4%
Total debt
+0.10%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

156.62 3.07 −1.92%
Market cap
$9.7B
P/E
14.6×
Fwd P/E
14.2×
Dividend yield
2.59%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (CFR) Free cash flow margin

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Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 19.9%, up 15.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.39%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.39% (fiscal 2025) to 42.2% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 18.0% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 4.39% (25.85)
FY2024 30.2% 18.09
FY2023 12.2% (20.83)
FY2022 33.0% (9.26)
FY2021 42.2% 12.99
FY2020 29.3% 0.18
FY2019 29.1% (6.35)
FY2018 35.4% (5.94)
FY2017 41.4% 2.44
FY2016 38.9% 15.71

Against its own ten years

Low 4.39% High 42.2%
Ten-year median 30.2%
Current reading's percentile 9

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SSB SouthState Bank Corporation compare 41.5%
CBC Central Bancompany compare 38.2%
UMBF UMB Financial Corporation compare 25.9%
ONB Old National Bancorp compare 23.9%
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 19.9%
BPOP Popular, Inc. compare 17.8%
CIB Grupo Cibest S.A. - Sponsored ADR compare 10.0%
ZION Zions Bancorporation, N.A. compare 0.00%
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corporation compare 0.00%
Banks Regional industry median 18.0%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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