MTB vs. FITB, FCNCA, EWBC, CBSH, SIVB, PB, SSB, DB, NTRS, and BBDO
Should you be buying M&T Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&T Bank include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), Northern Trust (NTRS), and Banco Bradesco (BBDO). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
M&T Bank vs.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bancorp both had 19 articles in the media. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.06 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.2% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 26.15% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 23.15%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 15.48% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 45.1% 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 11 consecutive years and M&T Bank has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than M&T Bank. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.95%. M&T Bank has a consensus price target of $182.24, suggesting a potential upside of 58.56%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than M&T Bank.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 506 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.66% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.93% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats M&T Bank on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MTB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
M&T Bank Competitors List
