SunTrust Banks (STI) Competitors

SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI) and First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, STI or FCF?

First Commonwealth Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SunTrust Banks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunTrust Banks	N/A	N/A	-$19.78M	N/A	N/A
First Commonwealth Financial	$479.86M	3.41	$142.57M	$1.34	11.65

Which has more volatility and risk, STI or FCF?

SunTrust Banks has a beta of -0.16, meaning that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is STI or FCF more profitable?

First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 20.38% compared to SunTrust Banks' net margin of 0.00%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 10.36% beat SunTrust Banks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunTrust Banks	N/A	-10.88%	-17.06%
First Commonwealth Financial	20.38%	10.36%	1.22%

Do analysts rate STI or FCF?

First Commonwealth Financial has a consensus target price of $18.92, indicating a potential upside of 21.15%. Given First Commonwealth Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Commonwealth Financial is more favorable than SunTrust Banks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunTrust Banks	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
First Commonwealth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer STI or FCF?

In the previous week, First Commonwealth Financial had 1 more articles in the media than SunTrust Banks. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial and 0 mentions for SunTrust Banks. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat SunTrust Banks' score of 0.00 indicating that First Commonwealth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SunTrust Banks	Neutral
First Commonwealth Financial	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in STI or FCF?

72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of SunTrust Banks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STI or FCF?

SunTrust Banks received 598 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.40% of users gave SunTrust Banks an outperform vote while only 52.95% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SunTrust Banks	Outperform Votes 885 63.40%	Underperform Votes 511 36.60%
First Commonwealth Financial	Outperform Votes 287 52.95%	Underperform Votes 255 47.05%

Summary

First Commonwealth Financial beats SunTrust Banks on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.