ZION vs. PNFP, BOKF, SNV, CFR, FNB, ONB, WBS, UMBF, FHN, and BANF
Should you be buying Zions Bancorporation, National Association stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zions Bancorporation, National Association include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), F.N.B. (FNB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Webster Financial (WBS), UMB Financial (UMBF), First Horizon (FHN), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a net margin of 18.59% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 13.23%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 14.05% beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle Financial Partners. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 41.2% 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.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 9 more articles in the media than Pinnacle Financial Partners. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 27 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's score of 0.26 indicating that Zions Bancorporation, National Association is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 300 more outperform votes than Pinnacle Financial Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.66% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 54.38% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote.
Pinnacle Financial Partners presently has a consensus price target of $95.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.94%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a consensus price target of $43.16, suggesting a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Zions Bancorporation, National Association's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners is more favorable than Zions Bancorporation, National Association.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Zions Bancorporation, National Association on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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