SHG vs. RF, KEY, HBAN, WBS, FHN, CMA, CFR, PNFP, ZION, and BOKF
Should you be buying Shinhan Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shinhan Financial Group include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon (FHN), Comerica (CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and BOK Financial (BOKF). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 45.9% 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.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Regions Financial and 5 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.46 indicating that Shinhan Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial received 650 more outperform votes than Shinhan Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote.
7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shinhan Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Regions Financial. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regions Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 22.66% compared to Shinhan Financial Group's net margin of 13.12%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 14.50% beat Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity.
Regions Financial has a consensus target price of $20.39, indicating a potential upside of 6.83%. Given Regions Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Shinhan Financial Group.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Shinhan Financial Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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