WesBanco (WSBC) Competitors

Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Is PNFP or WSBC more profitable?

WesBanco has a net margin of 15.89% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.48%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 9.04% beat WesBanco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinnacle Financial Partners	15.48%	9.04%	1.08%
WesBanco	15.89%	6.30%	0.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, PNFP or WSBC?

Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, WesBanco has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PNFP or WSBC?

Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than WesBanco. Pinnacle Financial Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WesBanco, 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
Pinnacle Financial Partners	$1.55B	5.48	$475.06M	$6.18	17.78
WesBanco	$649.20M	3.29	$151.51M	$1.53	20.88

Do analysts rate PNFP or WSBC?

Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus target price of $119.90, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. WesBanco has a consensus target price of $38.71, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given WesBanco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WesBanco is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinnacle Financial Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
WesBanco	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PNFP or WSBC?

87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of WesBanco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of WesBanco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNFP or WSBC?

Pinnacle Financial Partners received 185 more outperform votes than WesBanco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.37% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 51.32% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinnacle Financial Partners	Outperform Votes 457 60.37%	Underperform Votes 300 39.63%
WesBanco	Outperform Votes 272 51.32%	Underperform Votes 258 48.68%

Does the media refer more to PNFP or WSBC?

In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 6 more articles in the media than WesBanco. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 3 mentions for WesBanco. WesBanco's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 1.15 indicating that WesBanco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle Financial Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WesBanco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PNFP or WSBC a better dividend stock?

Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. WesBanco pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WesBanco pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle Financial Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and WesBanco has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. WesBanco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Pinnacle Financial Partners beats WesBanco on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.