PRK vs. CIB, COOP, GGAL, QFIN, UWMC, OMF, CADE, UPST, OZK, and PFSI
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include BanColombia (CIB), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Qifu Technology (QFIN), UWM (UWMC), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Upstart (UPST), Bank OZK (OZK), and PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Park National vs. Its Competitors
Park National (NYSE:PRK) and BanColombia (NYSE:CIB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Park National currently has a consensus target price of $177.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. BanColombia has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.32%. Given Park National's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Park National is more favorable than BanColombia.
In the previous week, Park National had 39 more articles in the media than BanColombia. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Park National and 6 mentions for BanColombia. BanColombia's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Park National's score of 0.00 indicating that BanColombia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Park National has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BanColombia has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to BanColombia's net margin of 14.42%. BanColombia's return on equity of 15.54% beat Park National's return on equity.
Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BanColombia pays an annual dividend of $5.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Park National pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BanColombia pays out 91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Park National has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
BanColombia has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. BanColombia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Park National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Park National beats BanColombia on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (NYSE:PRK) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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