SNV vs. BOKF, ZION, PNFP, FNB, ONB, UMBF, CFR, FHN, WBS, and BANF
Should you be buying Synovus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synovus Financial include BOK Financial (BOKF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), F.N.B. (FNB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), UMB Financial (UMBF), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
BOK Financial currently has a consensus target price of $97.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.16%. Synovus Financial has a consensus target price of $41.38, suggesting a potential upside of 13.08%. Given BOK Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Synovus Financial is more favorable than BOK Financial.
In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 27 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Synovus Financial and 22 mentions for BOK Financial. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat BOK Financial's score of -0.13 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BOK Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Synovus Financial received 43 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.88% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 47.98% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.
Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BOK Financial. BOK Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. BOK Financial pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synovus Financial pays out 52.1% 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. BOK Financial has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Synovus Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
BOK Financial has a net margin of 16.94% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 13.29%. BOK Financial's return on equity of 12.93% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Synovus Financial beats BOK Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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