BOKF vs. SNV, CMA, CFR, PNFP, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, and FHN
Should you be buying BOK Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOK Financial include Synovus Financial (SNV), Comerica (CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), and First Horizon (FHN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, BOK Financial had 18 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for BOK Financial and 22 mentions for Synovus Financial. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Synovus Financial's score of 0.65 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BOK Financial. BOK Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOK Financial has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BOK Financial presently has a consensus price target of $108.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. Synovus Financial has a consensus price target of $45.81, indicating a potential downside of 3.82%. Given BOK Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
Synovus Financial received 51 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.07% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 47.12% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.
BOK Financial has a net margin of 13.92% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 8.40%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 12.76% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BOK Financial pays out 32.1% 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.
Summary
Synovus Financial beats BOK Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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