HBAN vs. FITB, WTFC, CFG, FNB, KEY, PNC, RF, SNV, TFC, and MTB
Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include 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), Synovus Financial (SNV), Truist Financial (TFC), and M&T Bank (MTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Huntington Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 16.94%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.
80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.56 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Huntington Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $18.48, indicating a potential upside of 5.69%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats Huntington Bancshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBAN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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