COF vs. TFC, PNC, USB, HBAN, RF, SHG, KEY, C, WFC, and AJG
Should you be buying Capital One Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital One Financial include Truist Financial (TFC), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), KeyCorp (KEY), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital One Financial has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Truist Financial currently has a consensus price target of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.01%. Capital One Financial has a consensus price target of $138.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.33%. Given Capital One Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than Capital One Financial.
In the previous week, Capital One Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Capital One Financial and 14 mentions for Truist Financial. Truist Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Capital One Financial's score of -0.02 indicating that Capital One Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital One Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital One Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Capital One Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Capital One Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capital One Financial has a net margin of 10.19% compared to Capital One Financial's net margin of -4.28%. Truist Financial's return on equity of 9.74% beat Capital One Financial's return on equity.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Capital One Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Truist Financial pays out -157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital One Financial pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Truist Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Truist Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Capital One Financial received 335 more outperform votes than Truist Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Capital One Financial an outperform vote while only 55.52% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Capital One Financial beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Capital One Financial News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for COF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Capital One Financial Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
