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KEY vs. FITB, HBAN, ZION, BKU, CFG, CMA, RF, TFC, PNC, and MTB

Should you be buying KeyCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KeyCorp include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), BankUnited (BKU), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Comerica (CMA), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), and M&T Bank (MTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

KeyCorp vs. Its Competitors

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.27$2.31B$3.2214.15
KeyCorp$9.24B2.25-$161M-$0.07-270.79

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 1.49%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp17.97% 13.31% 1.15%
KeyCorp 1.49%9.65%0.82%

Fifth Third Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. KeyCorp has a consensus target price of $19.39, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than KeyCorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
KeyCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of KeyCorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out -1,171.4% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than KeyCorp. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 18 mentions for KeyCorp. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 1.32 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KeyCorp
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats KeyCorp on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KEY vs. The Competition

MetricKeyCorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.78B$35.95B$12.42B$21.18B
Dividend Yield4.24%3.28%5.42%3.49%
P/E Ratio-270.7913.31228.8029.00
Price / Sales2.252.0131.4749.81
Price / Cash14.4811.0019.0618.29
Price / Book1.201.492.294.57
Net Income-$161M$2.60B$1.00B$999.06M
7 Day Performance-1.70%-0.52%-0.16%-0.02%
1 Month Performance7.52%7.01%4.10%6.47%
1 Year Performance11.11%18.96%540.36%11.31%

KeyCorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEY
KeyCorp
4.6444 of 5 stars
$18.96
-1.1%
$19.39
+2.3%
+13.6%$20.78B$9.24B-270.7916,753Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.3612 of 5 stars
$45.77
+0.4%
$47.80
+4.4%
+7.2%$30.29B$8.45B14.2118,616Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8578 of 5 stars
$17.81
+0.1%
$18.68
+4.9%
+19.0%$25.98B$7.69B13.1919,932News Coverage
Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.2526 of 5 stars
$58.01
+0.3%
$60.78
+4.8%
+17.1%$8.56B$3.25B10.619,406Positive News
BKU
BankUnited
3.9065 of 5 stars
$39.17
+0.1%
$41.55
+6.1%
+1.9%$2.95B$2.02B11.491,600Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6388 of 5 stars
$52.30
+0.3%
$51.53
-1.5%
+21.5%$22.56B$12.36B15.9017,287Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CMA
Comerica
4.7755 of 5 stars
$70.58
-0.3%
$64.40
-8.8%
+23.6%$9.07B$4.99B13.527,928Positive News
Short Interest ↓
RF
Regions Financial
4.8921 of 5 stars
$27.42
+0.3%
$27.33
-0.3%
+17.1%$24.46B$9.37B12.7519,644Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.4313 of 5 stars
$46.89
+0.2%
$48.47
+3.4%
+5.5%$60.46B$20.03B12.7838,335
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8249 of 5 stars
$207.71
+1.0%
$214.17
+3.1%
+12.2%$81.80B$34.44B14.2155,184Positive News
MTB
M&T Bank
4.5626 of 5 stars
$201.88
+0.5%
$212.88
+5.4%
+17.3%$31.55B$13.45B13.0822,354Positive News

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