FHN vs. HBAN, OBK, ZION, BKU, CMA, KEY, TD, TFC, WAL, and WBS
Should you be buying First Horizon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Horizon include Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), BankUnited (BKU), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Truist Financial (TFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Horizon vs. Its Competitors
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of First Horizon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 38.7% 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.
Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Horizon. Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Horizon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huntington Bancshares has a net margin of 17.36% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 17.10%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 11.81% beat First Horizon's return on equity.
Huntington Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $19.24, suggesting a potential upside of 14.78%. First Horizon has a consensus price target of $24.59, suggesting a potential upside of 6.88%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than First Horizon.
In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 13 mentions for First Horizon. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat First Horizon's score of 0.51 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Huntington Bancshares beats First Horizon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FHN) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
