USB vs. PNC, TFC, UBS, HBAN, SHG, C, ITUB, AON, ING, and BBVA
Should you be buying U.S. Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Bancorp include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), UBS Group (UBS), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Citigroup (C), Itaú Unibanco (ITUB), AON (AON), ING Groep (ING), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, U.S. Bancorp had 18 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for U.S. Bancorp and 7 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat U.S. Bancorp's score of 0.61 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U.S. Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $46.02, indicating a potential upside of 14.62%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $157.02, indicating a potential upside of 1.94%. Given U.S. Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 52.1% 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than U.S. Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 54 more outperform votes than U.S. Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.29% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 16.05% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 12.13%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 13.93% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats U.S. Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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