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$45.67 +0.24 (+0.53%)
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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

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

Fifth Third Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $47.53, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Truist Financial has a consensus target price of $48.44, suggesting a potential upside of 6.07%. 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
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
Truist Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out 61.4% 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.

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Truist Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 15.59%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp17.65% 13.64% 1.14%
Truist Financial 15.59%8.96%0.99%

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 7 mentions for Truist Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.37 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.20$2.31B$3.1513.89
Truist Financial$24.25B2.47$4.82B$3.3913.47

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Truist Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TFC vs. The Competition

MetricTruist FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.81B$35.04B$12.03B$20.67B
Dividend Yield4.58%3.42%5.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio13.4712.8919.2927.86
Price / Sales2.472.1926.0356.13
Price / Cash9.5810.4318.5517.92
Price / Book1.051.432.294.60
Net Income$4.82B$2.60B$992.75M$989.89M
7 Day Performance0.49%0.58%0.52%0.43%
1 Month Performance17.29%14.16%4.38%5.50%
1 Year Performance10.32%23.29%538.82%9.92%

Truist Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7595 of 5 stars
$45.67
+0.5%
$48.44
+6.1%
+12.7%$59.81B$24.25B13.4738,335Upcoming Earnings
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.7835 of 5 stars
$42.96
-1.0%
$47.53
+10.6%
+13.7%$28.68B$8.29B13.6418,616Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9053 of 5 stars
$17.46
-0.5%
$18.33
+5.0%
+26.1%$25.50B$7.55B13.3319,932Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.7413 of 5 stars
$55.04
-0.8%
$57.22
+4.0%
+20.5%$8.12B$3.18B10.759,406Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6805 of 5 stars
$46.94
-1.6%
$48.68
+3.7%
+25.4%$20.52B$12.36B14.9017,287Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CMA
Comerica
4.5438 of 5 stars
$62.72
-1.7%
$62.30
-0.7%
+14.8%$8.24B$4.99B11.867,928Upcoming Earnings
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8347 of 5 stars
$18.23
-1.2%
$18.97
+4.1%
+20.7%$19.98B$9.24B-107.2416,753Upcoming Earnings
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9076 of 5 stars
$195.59
-0.5%
$206.35
+5.5%
+17.2%$77.37B$34.44B13.8155,184Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RF
Regions Financial
4.894 of 5 stars
$24.49
-1.3%
$26.15
+6.8%
+20.7%$22.01B$9.37B11.7719,644Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.5092 of 5 stars
$54.29
-1.5%
$57.11
+5.2%
+28.6%$7.55B$3.43B15.214,775Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9647 of 5 stars
$47.64
-0.6%
$51.61
+8.3%
+11.7%$74.22B$42.71B11.7970,263Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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