HBAN vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FITB, FCNCA, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB
Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Huntington Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 11 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 8 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 1.03 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.10% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 16.23%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 11.23% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
Huntington Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $17.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $202.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.01%. Given The PNC Financial Services Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The PNC Financial Services Group is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.
Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 252 more outperform votes than Huntington Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 51.75% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Huntington Bancshares on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HBAN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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