RF vs. PNC, TFC, FCNCA, MTB, FITB, HBAN, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WAL
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), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
Regions Financial received 94 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 58.28% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The PNC Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $175.34, suggesting a potential downside of 3.24%. Regions Financial has a consensus target price of $21.32, suggesting a potential downside of 6.33%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The PNC Financial Services Group is more favorable than Regions Financial.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 18.91% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 15.53%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 12.64% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
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 has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 26 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Regions Financial and 12 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.53 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Regions Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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