Synovus Financial (SNV) Competitors

Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is SNV or FCNCA a better dividend stock?

Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Synovus Financial pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.5% 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. Synovus Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Is SNV or FCNCA more profitable?

First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.55% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 14.05%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 14.70% beat First Citizens BancShares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synovus Financial	14.05%	14.70%	1.14%
First Citizens BancShares	18.55%	13.22%	1.30%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SNV or FCNCA?

83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SNV or FCNCA?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synovus Financial	$2.01B	3.25	$482.46M	$3.57	13.17
First Citizens BancShares	$9.59B	2.53	$2.78B	$174.64	10.43

Which has more risk & volatility, SNV or FCNCA?

Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SNV or FCNCA?

Synovus Financial currently has a consensus price target of $56.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.27%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $2,340.33, suggesting a potential upside of 28.43%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Synovus Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synovus Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
First Citizens BancShares	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the media favor SNV or FCNCA?

In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Synovus Financial and 19 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Synovus Financial's score of 1.26 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Synovus Financial	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Citizens BancShares	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNV or FCNCA?

Synovus Financial received 275 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.07% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Synovus Financial	Outperform Votes 468 57.07%	Underperform Votes 352 42.93%
First Citizens BancShares	Outperform Votes 193 54.83%	Underperform Votes 159 45.17%

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats Synovus Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.