FITB vs. MTB, FCNCA, EWBC, CBSH, SIVB, PB, SSB, UBSI, GBCI, and HOMB
Should you be buying Fifth Third Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fifth Third Bancorp include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Fifth Third Bancorp vs.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 506 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.66% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.93% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than M&T Bank. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 16 mentions for M&T Bank. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.25 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than M&T Bank. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M&T Bank presently has a consensus target price of $182.24, indicating a potential upside of 58.56%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 58.95%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than M&T Bank.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 26.15% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 23.15%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 15.48% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. M&T Bank pays out 45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 39.3% 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. M&T Bank has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
84.1% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of M&T Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats M&T Bank on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FITB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Fifth Third Bancorp Competitors List
