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SunTrust Banks (STI) Competitors

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STI vs. OFG, NBTB, CHCO, FCF, LKFN, NBHC, GABC, SRCE, STBA, and RBCAA

Should you be buying SunTrust Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunTrust Banks include OFG Bancorp (OFG), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), City (CHCO), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), National Bank (NBHC), German American Bancorp (GABC), 1st Source (SRCE), S&T Bancorp (STBA), and Republic Bancorp (RBCAA). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

SunTrust Banks vs. Its Competitors

SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both small-cap regional banks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, OFG Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than SunTrust Banks. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for OFG Bancorp and 0 mentions for SunTrust Banks. OFG Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat SunTrust Banks' score of 0.00 indicating that OFG Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SunTrust Banks Neutral
OFG Bancorp Positive

92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of SunTrust Banks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

SunTrust Banks has a beta of -0.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 22.06% compared to SunTrust Banks' net margin of 0.00%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 14.97% beat SunTrust Banks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SunTrust BanksN/A -10.88% -17.06%
OFG Bancorp 22.06%14.97%1.66%

OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. Given OFG Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OFG Bancorp 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
OFG Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

OFG Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than SunTrust Banks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SunTrust BanksN/AN/A-$19.78MN/AN/A
OFG Bancorp$873.53M2.15$198.17M$4.249.86

Summary

OFG Bancorp beats SunTrust Banks on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STI vs. The Competition

MetricSunTrust Bankselectrical machinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$430.14M$54.77M$28.63B$20.46B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.09%3.71%
P/E RatioN/AN/A48.0429.00
Price / SalesN/A0.251,545.9757.02
Price / CashN/A0.0133.4617.53
Price / Book-0.390.268.214.53
Net Income-$19.78M-$30.75M$802.12M$994.29M

SunTrust Banks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STI
SunTrust Banks
N/A$3.49
-11.2%
N/A-82.6%$430.14MN/A0.0022,899Gap Down
OFG
OFG Bancorp
3.9758 of 5 stars
$43.69
+0.9%
$47.50
+8.7%
-1.6%$1.96B$693.69M10.302,246Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
4.4389 of 5 stars
$41.47
+0.2%
$51.60
+24.4%
-11.0%$1.96B$788.49M13.732,083News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CHCO
City
3.5196 of 5 stars
$126.66
-0.8%
$133.25
+5.2%
+5.1%$1.85B$379.76M15.24910Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
4.0522 of 5 stars
$16.29
+0.1%
$18.90
+16.0%
-2.4%$1.71B$699.69M12.161,545Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
LKFN
Lakeland Financial
3.4682 of 5 stars
$67.82
+2.7%
$70.00
+3.2%
-4.7%$1.69B$430M18.48650Earnings Report
Insider Trade
NBHC
National Bank
4.1755 of 5 stars
$39.12
-0.4%
$47.20
+20.7%
-9.0%$1.50B$599.50M12.621,309
GABC
German American Bancorp
4.8183 of 5 stars
$40.17
+0.6%
$45.20
+12.5%
+0.2%$1.50B$353.70M16.201,020News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SRCE
1st Source
3.8354 of 5 stars
$61.93
+1.7%
$74.50
+20.3%
-3.5%$1.50B$574.21M10.851,205Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.2773 of 5 stars
$37.68
+0.0%
$42.00
+11.5%
-13.5%$1.44B$564.96M11.051,206Dividend Announcement
RBCAA
Republic Bancorp
1.9602 of 5 stars
$71.70
-0.6%
$69.00
-3.8%
+11.3%$1.41B$401.06M11.241,010News Coverage

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