MTB vs. PNC, TFC, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WAL
Should you be buying M&T Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&T Bank include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 17.84% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 15.53%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.33% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
M&T Bank currently has a consensus price target of $170.35, suggesting a potential downside of 2.62%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $175.34, suggesting a potential downside of 3.24%. Given M&T Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. M&T Bank pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 53.7% 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.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 22 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for M&T Bank and 11 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.49 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than M&T Bank. M&T Bank 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.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 590 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.28% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 46.20% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
M&T Bank and The PNC Financial Services Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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