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TFC vs. FITB, HBAN, ZION, CFG, CMA, KEY, PNC, RF, SNV, and USB

Should you be buying Truist Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Truist Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and U.S. Bancorp (USB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Truist Financial vs. Its Competitors

Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Truist Financial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Truist Financial pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

71.3% of Truist Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Truist Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 5 mentions for Truist Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.49 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Truist Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fifth Third Bancorp
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 16.82%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Truist Financial16.82% 8.69% 0.95%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.97%13.31%1.15%

Truist Financial currently has a consensus target price of $48.65, suggesting a potential upside of 12.66%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Truist Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Truist Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Truist Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Truist Financial$24.25B2.33$4.82B$3.6711.77
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.07$2.31B$3.2212.81

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 18 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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TFC vs. The Competition

MetricTruist FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$56.54B$34.08B$12.07B$20.50B
Dividend Yield4.84%3.54%5.66%3.70%
P/E Ratio11.7712.5619.8229.22
Price / Sales2.332.2926.2361.91
Price / Cash9.0610.1818.0017.53
Price / Book0.991.412.204.59
Net Income$4.82B$2.60B$999.86M$994.29M
7 Day Performance-4.17%-3.36%-1.65%-2.82%
1 Month Performance-4.53%-2.42%-0.92%-1.83%
1 Year Performance2.51%22.29%541.47%11.39%

Truist Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TFC
Truist Financial
4.9549 of 5 stars
$43.18
+0.5%
$48.65
+12.7%
+2.0%$56.54B$24.25B11.7738,335Dividend Announcement
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9216 of 5 stars
$42.52
-0.8%
$47.80
+12.4%
+3.4%$28.38B$13.28B13.2018,616Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9808 of 5 stars
$16.65
-1.2%
$18.68
+12.3%
+16.7%$24.31B$11.96B12.3319,932Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.6681 of 5 stars
$55.37
0.0%
$60.78
+9.8%
+11.3%$8.17B$4.99B10.129,406Positive News
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.8566 of 5 stars
$49.34
-0.3%
$51.05
+3.5%
+19.4%$21.57B$7.85B15.0017,287Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CMA
Comerica
4.3445 of 5 stars
$69.65
+2.4%
$63.25
-9.2%
+27.9%$9.15B$4.99B13.347,928Dividend Announcement
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8973 of 5 stars
$18.43
-0.8%
$19.39
+5.3%
+22.0%$20.19B$9.24B-263.2116,753Gap Down
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.983 of 5 stars
$194.03
-1.0%
$212.76
+9.7%
+9.3%$76.75B$22.10B13.2755,184Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.8211 of 5 stars
$26.29
-0.5%
$27.33
+4.0%
+19.1%$23.63B$9.37B12.2319,644Positive News
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9978 of 5 stars
$48.88
-1.5%
$60.33
+23.4%
+10.9%$6.79B$3.43B9.384,775High Trading Volume
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9734 of 5 stars
$46.09
-0.5%
$52.50
+13.9%
+3.7%$71.80B$42.71B11.0370,263Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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