CHCO vs. SNV, ONB, PB, BOKF, HOMB, FFIN, UBSI, FNB, COLB, and GBCI
Should you be buying City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City include Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
City vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:CHCO) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff