KEY vs. FHN, HBAN, WBS, CFR, ZION, PNFP, BOKF, SNV, ONB, and FNB
Should you be buying KeyCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KeyCorp include First Horizon (FHN), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Webster Financial (WBS), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
First Horizon has a net margin of 16.07% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 7.53%. First Horizon's return on equity of 8.96% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.
KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. KeyCorp pays out 103.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Horizon pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, KeyCorp had 4 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for KeyCorp and 12 mentions for First Horizon. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat First Horizon's score of 0.31 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KeyCorp received 652 more outperform votes than First Horizon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.
KeyCorp presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $16.36, indicating a potential upside of 3.85%. Given KeyCorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than First Horizon.
KeyCorp has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KeyCorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Horizon. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KeyCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
KeyCorp beats First Horizon on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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