HBAN vs. RF, KEY, WBS, FHN, CFR, PNFP, ZION, BOKF, SNV, and TFC
Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon (FHN), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Truist Financial (TFC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% 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. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 15.86%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.28% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.
Huntington Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $15.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $20.34, suggesting a potential upside of 3.66%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Regions Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntington Bancshares. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Regions Financial and 36 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.45 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial received 366 more outperform votes than Huntington Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 51.30% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Huntington Bancshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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