First Horizon (FHN) Competitors

First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FHN or CFR?

First Horizon received 136 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.17% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 40.79% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 475 55.17%	Underperform Votes 386 44.83%
Cullen/Frost Bankers	Outperform Votes 339 40.79%	Underperform Votes 492 59.21%

Do analysts prefer FHN or CFR?

First Horizon presently has a consensus price target of $14.93, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $122.30, indicating a potential upside of 38.47%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Horizon is more favorable than Cullen/Frost Bankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Cullen/Frost Bankers	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Is FHN or CFR more profitable?

Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 29.14% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 24.64%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 22.93% beat First Horizon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Horizon	24.64%	13.44%	1.29%
Cullen/Frost Bankers	29.14%	22.93%	1.36%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FHN or CFR?

76.4% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FHN or CFR a better dividend stock?

First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Horizon pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 34.5% 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. First Horizon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FHN or CFR?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Cullen/Frost Bankers. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullen/Frost Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Horizon	$3.51B	1.65	$900M	$1.89	5.50
Cullen/Frost Bankers	$1.95B	2.90	$579.15M	$10.67	8.29

Which has more risk and volatility, FHN or CFR?

First Horizon has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FHN or CFR?

In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 2 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 10 mentions for First Horizon. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 0.43 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Horizon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cullen/Frost Bankers	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

First Horizon and Cullen/Frost Bankers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.