KEY vs. RF, FHN, WBS, HBAN, CFR, PNFP, ZION, BOKF, SNV, and FNB
Should you be buying KeyCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KeyCorp include Regions Financial (RF), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
KeyCorp presently has a consensus price target of $15.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.02%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $20.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.39%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than Regions Financial.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 15 more articles in the media than KeyCorp. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Regions Financial and 42 mentions for KeyCorp. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 7.53%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.28% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.
KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. KeyCorp pays out 103.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of KeyCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KeyCorp. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KeyCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KeyCorp received 209 more outperform votes than Regions Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote.
KeyCorp has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
KeyCorp beats Regions Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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