FHN vs. CFR, WBS, BOKF, ZION, PNFP, ONB, SNV, FNB, UMBF, and BANF
Should you be buying First Horizon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Horizon include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Webster Financial (WBS), BOK Financial (BOKF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Synovus Financial (SNV), F.N.B. (FNB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
First Horizon and Cullen/Frost Bankers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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