Stellarone (STEL) Competitors

Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and Stellarone (NASDAQ:STEL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SNV or STEL?

83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Stellarone shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Stellarone shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SNV or STEL more profitable?

Stellarone has a net margin of 18.80% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 14.05%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 14.70% beat Stellarone's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synovus Financial	14.05%	14.70%	1.14%
Stellarone	18.80%	7.43%	1.09%

Which has more volatility and risk, SNV or STEL?

Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellarone has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNV or STEL?

Synovus Financial received 389 more outperform votes than Stellarone when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.04% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 55.80% of users gave Stellarone an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Synovus Financial	Outperform Votes 466 57.04%	Underperform Votes 351 42.96%
Stellarone	Outperform Votes 77 55.80%	Underperform Votes 61 44.20%

Do analysts recommend SNV or STEL?

Synovus Financial currently has a consensus target price of $56.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.09%. Stellarone has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Given Synovus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Synovus Financial is more favorable than Stellarone.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synovus Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Stellarone	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is SNV or STEL a better dividend stock?

Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Stellarone pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Synovus Financial pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellarone pays out 25.5% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SNV or STEL?

Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Stellarone. Stellarone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, 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
Synovus Financial	$2.01B	3.09	$482.46M	$3.57	12.38
Stellarone	$625.45M	2.15	$117.61M	$2.20	11.44

Does the media prefer SNV or STEL?

In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Stellarone. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Synovus Financial and 3 mentions for Stellarone. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Stellarone's score of 0.00 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Synovus Financial	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stellarone	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Synovus Financial beats Stellarone on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.