Fidelity Southern (LION) Competitors

First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and Fidelity Southern (NASDAQ:LION) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FHN or LION?

First Horizon received 291 more outperform votes than Fidelity Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.73% of users gave Fidelity Southern an outperform vote while only 54.53% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 512 54.53%	Underperform Votes 427 45.47%
Fidelity Southern	Outperform Votes 221 59.73%	Underperform Votes 149 40.27%

Do analysts prefer FHN or LION?

First Horizon currently has a consensus target price of $22.03, suggesting a potential upside of 21.93%. Fidelity Southern has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 55.30%. Given Fidelity Southern's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity Southern is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Fidelity Southern	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FHN or LION?

80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Fidelity Southern shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FHN or LION?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 13 more articles in the media than Fidelity Southern. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Horizon and 2 mentions for Fidelity Southern. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Fidelity Southern's score of 0.00 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Horizon	Positive
Fidelity Southern	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, FHN or LION?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Southern.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Horizon	$3.11B	2.99	$775M	$1.44	12.55
Fidelity Southern	$2.99B	0.70	-$93.50M	N/A	N/A

Is FHN or LION more profitable?

First Horizon has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Fidelity Southern's net margin of -6.57%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat Fidelity Southern's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Horizon	15.38%	10.10%	1.07%
Fidelity Southern	-6.57%	N/A	-2.43%

Summary

First Horizon beats Fidelity Southern on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.