ZION vs. SNV, PNFP, ONB, FNB, BOKF, UMBF, CBU, BANF, CFR, and FULT
Should you be buying Zions Bancorporation, National Association stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zions Bancorporation, National Association include Synovus Financial (SNV), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), BOK Financial (BOKF), UMB Financial (UMBF), Community Bank System (CBU), BancFirst (BANF), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association vs.
Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Synovus Financial currently has a consensus price target of $44.82, suggesting a potential upside of 46.94%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a consensus price target of $56.91, suggesting a potential upside of 85.93%. Given Zions Bancorporation, National Association's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zions Bancorporation, National Association is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 324 more outperform votes than Synovus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.78% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote.
79.9% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Synovus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than Synovus Financial. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 10 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 6 mentions for Synovus Financial. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Synovus Financial's score of -0.39 indicating that Zions Bancorporation, National Association is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Synovus Financial pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 28.3% 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. Synovus Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Zions Bancorporation, National Association has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Synovus Financial has a net margin of 30.50% compared to Zions Bancorporation, National Association's net margin of 27.18%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 18.93% beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity.
Summary
Zions Bancorporation, National Association beats Synovus Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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