WTFC vs. MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, and WAL
Should you be buying Wintrust Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wintrust Financial include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Wintrust Financial vs.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Wintrust Financial pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 40.0% 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. Wintrust Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 16.52%. Wintrust Financial's return on equity of 11.99% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
Wintrust Financial received 231 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.08% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 45.91% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Wintrust Financial currently has a consensus price target of $128.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.27%. M&T Bank has a consensus price target of $216.86, indicating a potential upside of 11.27%. Given M&T Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Wintrust Financial.
M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Wintrust Financial. Wintrust Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 23 more articles in the media than Wintrust Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for M&T Bank and 5 mentions for Wintrust Financial. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.61 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Wintrust Financial beats M&T Bank on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WTFC) was last updated on 1/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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