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KEY vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, EWBC, FHN, and SSB

Should you be buying KeyCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KeyCorp include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

KeyCorp vs. Its Competitors

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. KeyCorp pays out -482.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KeyCorp$9.24B2.12-$161M-$0.17-105.18
The PNC Financial Services Group$34.44B2.21$5.89B$14.1613.58

KeyCorp currently has a consensus price target of $18.92, suggesting a potential upside of 5.82%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $202.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.36%. Given KeyCorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KeyCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of KeyCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.68% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of -0.12%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KeyCorp-0.12% 9.43% 0.74%
The PNC Financial Services Group 17.68%10.95%1.07%

KeyCorp has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 1 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for KeyCorp and 22 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.67 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KeyCorp
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The PNC Financial Services Group
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats KeyCorp on 13 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

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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KEY vs. The Competition

MetricKeyCorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.09B$33.52B$12.00B$20.43B
Dividend Yield4.71%3.59%5.61%3.76%
P/E Ratio-105.1812.5419.9327.62
Price / Sales2.121.8225.6836.40
Price / Cash13.0310.0221.1721.79
Price / Book1.131.402.234.52
Net Income-$161M$2.60B$1.00B$984.47M
7 Day Performance6.37%4.21%2.04%2.61%
1 Month Performance13.20%10.39%3.57%4.99%
1 Year Performance23.91%28.68%539.63%13.53%

KeyCorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEY
KeyCorp
4.916 of 5 stars
$17.88
+2.6%
$18.97
+6.1%
+25.7%$19.09B$9.24B-105.1816,753Analyst Revision
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9587 of 5 stars
$180.83
+1.9%
$202.67
+12.1%
+23.2%$71.53B$34.44B12.7755,184Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.6108 of 5 stars
$41.09
+2.0%
$47.83
+16.4%
+12.6%$53.81B$24.25B12.1238,335
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6941 of 5 stars
$189.60
+2.5%
$210.88
+11.2%
+31.8%$30.43B$13.45B12.7022,354Positive News
Analyst Revision
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9904 of 5 stars
$40.15
+2.1%
$47.53
+18.4%
+17.0%$26.80B$13.28B12.7518,616Positive News
Analyst Revision
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9993 of 5 stars
$1,889.51
+1.0%
$2,340.33
+23.9%
+20.4%$25.11B$14.97B10.8217,475News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.7929 of 5 stars
$16.07
+1.5%
$18.08
+12.5%
+30.5%$23.47B$11.96B12.2719,932Analyst Revision
RF
Regions Financial
4.857 of 5 stars
$22.67
+2.1%
$25.80
+13.8%
+21.4%$20.38B$9.37B10.9019,644Trending News
Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.5702 of 5 stars
$97.51
+2.6%
$107.85
+10.6%
+42.9%$13.44B$4.53B11.643,100Analyst Revision
FHN
First Horizon
4.414 of 5 stars
$20.24
+1.5%
$22.53
+11.3%
+36.8%$10.27B$5.03B14.067,252Analyst Forecast
SSB
SouthState
4.3167 of 5 stars
$88.28
+2.7%
$116.27
+31.7%
+25.3%$8.96B$1.88B12.685,030Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KEY) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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