FNF vs. FITB, ESNT, FAF, L, MTG, ORI, PFG, PRU, 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), Loews (L), MGIC Investment (MTG), Old Republic International (ORI), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stewart Information Services (STC), and Truist Financial (TFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Fidelity National Financial vs. Its Competitors
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus target price of $71.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.18%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 8.43%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 14.88% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.
Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 49.5% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fidelity National Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 8 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.31 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp and Fidelity National Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FNF) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff