CVB Financial (CVBF) Competitors

First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is FHN or CVBF more profitable?

CVB Financial has a net margin of 28.29% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.43%. CVB Financial's return on equity of 9.80% beat First Horizon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Horizon	15.43%	9.51%	1.01%
CVB Financial	28.29%	9.80%	1.30%

Which has better valuation and earnings, FHN or CVBF?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than CVB Financial. CVB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Horizon, 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
First Horizon	$5.03B	2.27	$897M	$1.38	15.61
CVB Financial	$665.66M	4.31	$221.43M	$1.43	14.36

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FHN or CVBF?

First Horizon received 199 more outperform votes than CVB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 51.69% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 505 54.48%	Underperform Votes 422 45.52%
CVB Financial	Outperform Votes 306 51.69%	Underperform Votes 286 48.31%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FHN or CVBF?

80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of CVB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FHN or CVBF?

First Horizon currently has a consensus price target of $22.04, suggesting a potential upside of 2.29%. CVB Financial has a consensus price target of $21.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Given CVB Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
CVB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is FHN or CVBF a better dividend stock?

First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Horizon pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVB Financial pays out 55.9% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, FHN or CVBF?

First Horizon has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVB Financial has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FHN or CVBF?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 18 more articles in the media than CVB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for First Horizon and 6 mentions for CVB Financial. CVB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat First Horizon's score of 0.52 indicating that CVB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Horizon	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVB Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Horizon beats CVB Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.