Park National (PRK) Competitors

Park National currently has a consensus target price of $184.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.46%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.36%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Park National.

Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Park National pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 35.3% 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. Park National has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Park National has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 14 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 1 mentions for Park National. Park National's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.48 indicating that Park National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 20.92%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.

62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Park National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Merchants currently has a consensus target price of $48.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.24%. Park National has a consensus target price of $184.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.46%. Given First Merchants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Park National.

First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First Merchants pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 40.3% 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. First Merchants has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Park National has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. First Merchants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Merchants has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Merchants had 1 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Merchants and 1 mentions for Park National. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Park National's score of 0.49 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

First Merchants has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. First Merchants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to First Merchants' net margin of 18.87%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat First Merchants' return on equity.

73.9% of First Merchants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of First Merchants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Park National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Park National has higher revenue and earnings than Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Great Southern Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.71%. Park National has a consensus target price of $184.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.46%. Given Park National's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Park National is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.

In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 1 mentions for Park National. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Park National's score of 0.49 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 40.3% 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. Park National has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Park National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Park National shares are owned 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.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 21.33%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.

NBT Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. NBT Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Park National presently has a consensus target price of $184.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.46%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus target price of $49.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.63%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Park National.

In the previous week, NBT Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NBT Bancorp and 1 mentions for Park National. Park National's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.47 indicating that Park National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Park National pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 42.2% 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. Park National has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and NBT Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. NBT Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Park National has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

62.7% of Park National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Park National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 19.59%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.