TOWN vs. FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, WAL, CFR, WTFC, UMBF, and ZION
Should you be buying TowneBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TowneBank include First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
TowneBank vs.
TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
TowneBank presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.82%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $22.41, suggesting a potential upside of 13.56%. Given TowneBank's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TowneBank is more favorable than First Horizon.
TowneBank has a net margin of 15.77% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.38%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat TowneBank's return on equity.
56.0% of TowneBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of TowneBank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TowneBank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TowneBank pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 41.7% 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. TowneBank has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. TowneBank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
First Horizon received 305 more outperform votes than TowneBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.88% of users gave TowneBank an outperform vote while only 54.46% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than TowneBank. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TowneBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Horizon had 21 more articles in the media than TowneBank. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for First Horizon and 2 mentions for TowneBank. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat TowneBank's score of 0.84 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TowneBank has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Horizon beats TowneBank on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TOWN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff