HBAN vs. EWBC, FITB, WTFC, CFG, FNB, KEY, PNC, RF, TFC, and MTB
Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), KeyCorp (KEY), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), and M&T Bank (MTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Huntington Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 17.36%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.
East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 45.9% 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. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for East West Bancorp and 16 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat East West Bancorp's score of 1.20 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
East West Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $114.15, suggesting a potential upside of 7.73%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus price target of $18.68, suggesting a potential upside of 4.97%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Huntington Bancshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBAN) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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