City (CHCO) Competitors

Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and City (NASDAQ:CHCO) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SNV or CHCO?

Synovus Financial received 220 more outperform votes than City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.07% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave City an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Synovus Financial	Outperform Votes 468 57.07%	Underperform Votes 352 42.93%
City	Outperform Votes 248 49.60%	Underperform Votes 252 50.40%

Does the media refer more to SNV or CHCO?

In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 2 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Synovus Financial and 4 mentions for City. City's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Synovus Financial's score of 1.33 indicating that City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Synovus Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
City	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SNV or CHCO?

Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than City. Synovus Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synovus Financial	$2.01B	3.31	$482.46M	$3.57	13.40
City	$287.36M	5.83	$117.10M	$7.98	14.48

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SNV or CHCO?

83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of City shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SNV or CHCO?

Synovus Financial presently has a consensus target price of $56.56, indicating a potential upside of 18.24%. City has a consensus target price of $127.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Given Synovus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Synovus Financial is more favorable than City.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synovus Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
City	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SNV or CHCO a better dividend stock?

Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. City pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Synovus Financial pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City pays out 39.6% 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 1 consecutive years and City has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Is SNV or CHCO more profitable?

City has a net margin of 30.83% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 14.05%. City's return on equity of 16.49% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synovus Financial	14.05%	14.70%	1.14%
City	30.83%	16.49%	1.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, SNV or CHCO?

Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Synovus Financial beats City on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.