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CFG vs. FITB, HBAN, ZION, FNB, KEY, PNC, RF, TFC, WBS, and BMO

Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), F.N.B. (FNB), KeyCorp (KEY), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), Webster Financial (WBS), and Bank Of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Citizens Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.23$2.31B$3.2213.91
Citizens Financial Group$12.36B1.77$1.51B$3.2915.42

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 24 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 1.43 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Citizens Financial Group
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 13.26%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp17.97% 13.31% 1.15%
Citizens Financial Group 13.26%6.94%0.72%

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus target price of $51.53, indicating a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 51.1% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Citizens Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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CFG vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens Financial GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.90B$926.52M$12.56B$21.31B
Dividend Yield3.31%3.02%5.46%3.53%
P/E Ratio15.4216.5819.4129.16
Price / Sales1.772.3826.3255.50
Price / Cash10.6349.8122.1924.09
Price / Book0.951.142.355.47
Net Income$1.51B$53.90M$1.01B$992.74M
7 Day Performance5.02%4.27%1.75%2.67%
1 Month Performance2.88%3.97%1.61%2.35%
1 Year Performance18.29%14.49%541.38%10.76%

Citizens Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.802 of 5 stars
$50.74
+4.7%
$51.53
+1.6%
+18.3%$21.90B$12.36B15.4217,287News Coverage
Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.4156 of 5 stars
$41.27
-0.9%
$47.80
+15.8%
+6.3%$27.32B$8.45B12.8218,616News Coverage
Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8697 of 5 stars
$16.01
-0.5%
$18.68
+16.7%
+18.7%$23.36B$7.69B11.8619,932News Coverage
Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.7081 of 5 stars
$51.78
-0.5%
$60.78
+17.4%
+11.9%$7.64B$3.25B9.479,406News Coverage
Analyst Revision
FNB
F.N.B.
4.8446 of 5 stars
$14.90
-0.3%
$18.64
+25.1%
+11.8%$5.35B$2.57B11.644,280News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7657 of 5 stars
$17.37
-1.4%
$19.39
+11.7%
+11.3%$19.04B$9.24B-248.1116,753News Coverage
Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8524 of 5 stars
$188.52
-0.6%
$214.17
+13.6%
+13.2%$74.24B$34.44B12.8955,184News Coverage
Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.9256 of 5 stars
$24.64
-1.1%
$27.33
+10.9%
+17.3%$21.99B$7.29B11.4619,644News Coverage
Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.6289 of 5 stars
$42.83
-0.6%
$48.65
+13.6%
+4.7%$55.22B$20.03B11.6738,335News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9621 of 5 stars
$55.19
-1.2%
$66.77
+21.0%
+29.5%$9.28B$4.18B11.194,407News Coverage
Positive News
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.4607 of 5 stars
$112.73
-0.1%
$129.50
+14.9%
+29.9%$80.98B$58.27B14.6253,597News Coverage
Positive News
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