FNB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WAL, WBS, CBSH, CFR, ZION, and PNFP
Should you be buying F.N.B. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F.N.B. include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
F.N.B. currently has a consensus price target of $15.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $21.32, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. Given F.N.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F.N.B. is more favorable than Regions Financial.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 25 more articles in the media than F.N.B.. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Regions Financial and 13 mentions for F.N.B.. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat F.N.B.'s score of 0.47 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regions Financial received 496 more outperform votes than F.N.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 62.87% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 18.91% compared to F.N.B.'s net margin of 18.27%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.64% beat F.N.B.'s return on equity.
F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. F.N.B. pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% 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 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.
F.N.B. has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.3% of F.N.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of F.N.B. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Regions Financial beats F.N.B. on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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