FNF vs. FITB, ESNT, FAF, MTG, ORI, PFG, PRU, RDN, STC, and TFC
Should you be buying Fidelity National Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Essent Group (ESNT), First American Financial (FAF), MGIC Investment (MTG), Old Republic International (ORI), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Radian Group (RDN), Stewart Information Services (STC), and Truist Financial (TFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Fidelity National Financial vs. Its Competitors
Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 18 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 7.93%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 14.33% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.
Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% 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. Fidelity National Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus target price of $71.20, indicating a potential upside of 22.75%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
Fifth Third Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fidelity National Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats Fidelity National Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:FNF) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
