SNV vs. FNB, BOKF, ONB, ZION, PNFP, UMBF, CFR, BANF, WBS, and FULT
Should you be buying Synovus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synovus Financial include F.N.B. (FNB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), UMB Financial (UMBF), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), BancFirst (BANF), Webster Financial (WBS), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
F.N.B. has a net margin of 19.73% compared to F.N.B.'s net margin of 13.29%. F.N.B.'s return on equity of 12.93% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.
F.N.B. has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than F.N.B.. F.N.B. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synovus Financial received 11 more outperform votes than F.N.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote while only 56.88% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote.
F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. F.N.B. pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synovus Financial 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. Synovus Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Synovus Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
F.N.B. currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Synovus Financial has a consensus target price of $41.38, suggesting a potential upside of 13.33%. Given F.N.B.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Synovus Financial is more favorable than F.N.B..
In the previous week, F.N.B. had 6 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for F.N.B. and 6 mentions for Synovus Financial. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat F.N.B.'s score of 0.22 indicating that F.N.B. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.3% of F.N.B. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of F.N.B. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Synovus Financial beats F.N.B. on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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