PRK vs. FFBC, SFNC, FRME, CBU, TRMK, WAFD, NBTB, WSBC, TBBK, and WSFS
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Merchants (FRME), Community Bank System (CBU), Trustmark (TRMK), WaFd (WAFD), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), WesBanco (WSBC), Bancorp (TBBK), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Park National (NYSE:PRK) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
First Financial Bancorp. received 273 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.59% of users gave First Financial Bancorp. an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Park National currently has a consensus price target of $130.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.96%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.91%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Park National.
Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Park National pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 37.1% 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. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Park National had 58 more articles in the media than First Financial Bancorp.. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Park National and 8 mentions for First Financial Bancorp.. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Park National's score of -0.11 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Park National has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Park National has a net margin of 22.03% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 20.74%. Park National's return on equity of 12.28% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.
62.7% of Park National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Park National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
First Financial Bancorp. beats Park National on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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