BOKF vs. FHN, WBS, CFR, ZION, FNB, SNV, PNFP, ONB, BANF, and UMBF
Should you be buying BOK Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOK Financial include First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), F.N.B. (FNB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Old National Bancorp (ONB), BancFirst (BANF), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
BOK Financial vs.
First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
BOK Financial has a net margin of 26.29% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 24.76%. First Horizon's return on equity of 13.53% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
First Horizon presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 139.35%. BOK Financial has a consensus price target of $102.86, suggesting a potential upside of 23.98%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Horizon is more favorable than BOK Financial.
First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. First Horizon pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BOK Financial pays out 23.4% 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. BOK Financial has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than BOK Financial. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Horizon received 85 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.83% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 50.26% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Horizon had 1 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Horizon and 6 mentions for BOK Financial. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat First Horizon's score of 0.41 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.4% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of First Horizon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Horizon has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOK Financial has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Horizon beats BOK Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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