RF vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB
Should you be buying Regions Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regions Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Regions Financial vs.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Regions Financial. Regions 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $202.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.97%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.53%. Given Regions Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 5 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 28 mentions for Regions Financial. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 1.30 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 20.20% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 17.10%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.83% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial received 98 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.65% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Regions Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff