Fulton Financial (FULT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FULT or FHN?

Fulton Financial currently has a consensus target price of $20.30, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $22.53, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. Given Fulton Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fulton Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FULT or FHN?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Fulton Financial. Fulton 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
Fulton Financial	$1.23B	2.59	$288.74M	$1.70	10.34
First Horizon	$3.09B	3.29	$775M	$1.44	13.88

Does the media refer more to FULT or FHN?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 6 more articles in the media than Fulton Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Horizon and 5 mentions for Fulton Financial. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Fulton Financial's score of 1.02 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fulton Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Horizon	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FULT or FHN?

Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FULT or FHN?

72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FULT or FHN?

First Horizon received 243 more outperform votes than Fulton Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.51% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 45.17% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fulton Financial	Outperform Votes 271 45.17%	Underperform Votes 329 54.83%
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 514 54.51%	Underperform Votes 429 45.49%

Is FULT or FHN more profitable?

Fulton Financial has a net margin of 15.87% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.38%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 11.41% beat First Horizon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fulton Financial	15.87%	11.41%	1.08%
First Horizon	15.38%	10.10%	1.07%

Is FULT or FHN a better dividend stock?

Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Fulton Financial pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 41.7% 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. Fulton Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Fulton Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

First Horizon beats Fulton Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.