BOKF vs. PNFP, SNV, ZION, CMA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying BOK Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOK Financial include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Synovus Financial (SNV), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Comerica (CMA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOK Financial has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners and Pinnacle Financial Partners both had 5 articles in the media. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 1.39 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of BOK Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BOK Financial pays out 32.1% 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.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a net margin of 18.59% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 13.93%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 10.52% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
Pinnacle Financial Partners received 47 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.66% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 47.74% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.
Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus price target of $94.63, suggesting a potential upside of 23.71%. BOK Financial has a consensus price target of $97.10, suggesting a potential upside of 8.73%. Given BOK Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners is more favorable than BOK Financial.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BOK Financial. Pinnacle Financial Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats BOK Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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