Synovus Financial (SNV) Competitors

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FITB or SNV?

Fifth Third Bancorp received 294 more outperform votes than Synovus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.04% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fifth Third Bancorp	Outperform Votes 760 56.72%	Underperform Votes 580 43.28%
Synovus Financial	Outperform Votes 466 57.04%	Underperform Votes 351 42.96%

Is FITB or SNV a better dividend stock?

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synovus Financial pays out 43.7% 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. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, FITB or SNV?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FITB or SNV more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.43%	14.10%	1.16%
Synovus Financial	14.05%	14.70%	1.14%

Which has better valuation and earnings, FITB or SNV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.33B	2.98	$2.31B	$3.15	11.78
Synovus Financial	$2.01B	3.17	$482.46M	$3.57	12.70

Do analysts prefer FITB or SNV?

Fifth Third Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $46.24, suggesting a potential upside of 24.62%. Synovus Financial has a consensus target price of $56.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.88%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Synovus Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
Synovus Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Does the media prefer FITB or SNV?

In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Synovus Financial and 14 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Synovus Financial's score of 1.40 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Synovus Financial	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Synovus Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.