PNC vs. TFC, FCNCA, MTB, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WAL
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), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), M&T Bank (MTB), 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.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Truist Financial pays out -157.6% 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. Truist Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Truist Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Truist Financial currently has a consensus price target of $45.05, indicating a potential upside of 1.14%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $175.34, indicating a potential downside of 3.16%. Given The PNC Financial Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 15.53% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of -5.63%. Truist Financial's return on equity of 11.33% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Truist Financial had 22 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Truist Financial and 12 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. Truist Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.39 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 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.
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. 0.2% of Truist Financial 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Truist Financial received 15 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.28% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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