F.N.B. (FNB) Competitors

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Which has more volatility & risk, RF or FNB?

Regions Financial has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F.N.B. has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RF or FNB a better dividend stock?

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F.N.B. pays out 38.1% 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RF or FNB?

Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than F.N.B.. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F.N.B., 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
Regions Financial	$7.12B	2.72	$1.89B	$2.08	10.35
F.N.B.	$1.60B	3.13	$465.33M	$1.26	11.05

Does the media favor RF or FNB?

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 19 more articles in the media than F.N.B.. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Regions Financial and 10 mentions for F.N.B.. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat F.N.B.'s score of 1.10 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
F.N.B.	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RF or FNB?

Regions Financial received 504 more outperform votes than F.N.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.97% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote while only 62.65% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 941 62.65%	Underperform Votes 561 37.35%
F.N.B.	Outperform Votes 437 62.97%	Underperform Votes 257 37.03%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RF or FNB?

79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of F.N.B. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of F.N.B. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RF or FNB more profitable?

Regions Financial has a net margin of 20.20% compared to F.N.B.'s net margin of 18.12%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.83% beat F.N.B.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regions Financial	20.20%	12.83%	1.32%
F.N.B.	18.12%	8.30%	1.08%

Do analysts prefer RF or FNB?

Regions Financial currently has a consensus price target of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 19.80%. F.N.B. has a consensus price target of $17.57, indicating a potential upside of 26.16%. Given F.N.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F.N.B. is more favorable than Regions Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regions Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
F.N.B.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Summary

Regions Financial beats F.N.B. on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.