Park National (PRK) Competitors

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 20.77%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.

Park National has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the broader market.

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 currently has a consensus target price of $211.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $33.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.64%. Given Park National's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Park National is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 1 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 6 mentions for Park National. Park National's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.94 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 2.3%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Park National pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 36.7% 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. 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 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Merchants has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the broader market.

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

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 currently has a consensus price target of $211.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. First Merchants has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.58%. Given First Merchants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Park National.

In the previous week, Park National and Park National both had 6 articles in the media. Park National's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat First Merchants' score of 1.60 indicating that Park National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to First Merchants' net margin of 17.05%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat First Merchants' return on equity.

Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Park National pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Merchants pays out 47.4% 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 Merchants has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Merchants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 20.72%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.

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.

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.

Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.31%. Park National has a consensus target price of $211.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. Given Park National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Park National is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.

Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 39.4% 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. 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 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Park National had 3 more articles in the media than Great Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Park National and 3 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Park National's score of 1.74 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 22.58%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Park National has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the broader market.

Park National presently has a consensus target price of $211.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus target price of $54.10, indicating a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Park National's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Park National is more favorable than NBT Bancorp.

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 pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Park National pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 39.1% 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 NBT Bancorp has raised 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.

In the previous week, NBT Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NBT Bancorp and 6 mentions for Park National. NBT Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Park National's score of 1.74 indicating that NBT Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.