Truist Financial (TFC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TFC or FITB?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TFC or FITB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Truist Financial	$24.25B	2.44	$4.82B	$3.67	12.50
Fifth Third Bancorp	$13.28B	2.23	$2.31B	$3.22	13.91

Do analysts prefer TFC or FITB?

Truist Financial currently has a consensus price target of $48.47, suggesting a potential upside of 5.63%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is TFC or FITB a better dividend stock?

Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TFC or FITB?

71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TFC or FITB more profitable?

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 Financial	16.82%	8.69%	0.95%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.97%	13.31%	1.15%

Does the media refer more to TFC or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 18 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 9 mentions for Truist Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.67 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.