PNC vs. TFC, MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB
Should you be buying The PNC Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The PNC Financial Services Group include Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
The PNC Financial Services Group vs. Its Competitors
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Truist Financial has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial 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.
Truist Financial presently has a consensus price target of $48.44, suggesting a potential upside of 12.53%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $202.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.65%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Truist Financial pays out 61.4% 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.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Truist Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.68% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 15.59%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 19 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 7 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.76 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PNC) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
