NBHC vs. SNV, PB, WTFC, ONB, HOMB, FNB, FFIN, UBSI, GBCI, and COLB
Should you be buying National Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank include Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Synovus Financial received 208 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.07% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote.
Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Synovus Financial pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank pays out 32.2% 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.
Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synovus Financial currently has a consensus target price of $45.81, indicating a potential downside of 3.82%. National Bank has a consensus target price of $45.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.41%. Given Synovus Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Bank is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
National Bank has a net margin of 21.40% compared to National Bank's net margin of 8.40%. National Bank's return on equity of 12.76% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, National Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for National Bank and 22 mentions for Synovus Financial. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Synovus Financial's score of -0.22 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are held 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.
Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Synovus Financial beats National Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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