SNV vs. FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, and CBSH
Should you be buying Synovus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synovus Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Synovus Financial vs. Its Competitors
Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Synovus Financial pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% 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 Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Synovus Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by 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.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 14.05%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 14.70% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 23 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 10 mentions for Synovus Financial. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.86 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Synovus Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 297 more outperform votes than Synovus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.07% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 56.88% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote.
Synovus Financial currently has a consensus target price of $56.56, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 25.14%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats Synovus Financial on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SNV) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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