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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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Fifth Third Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $50.45, indicating a potential upside of 19.92%. Truist Financial has a consensus target price of $50.59, indicating a potential upside of 16.01%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Truist Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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$13.28B2.10$2.31B$3.3512.56
Truist Financial$24.25B2.32$4.82B$3.7211.72

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 18.67% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 16.84%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.41% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp18.67% 13.41% 1.17%
Truist Financial 16.84%8.73%0.95%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 23 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 18 mentions for Truist Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.84 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
17 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Truist Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Truist Financial has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out 55.9% 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.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TFC vs. The Competition

MetricTruist FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$56.23B$35.03B$12.58B$21.96B
Dividend Yield4.75%3.53%5.57%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.7213.5821.1432.72
Price / Sales2.321.8530.1680.84
Price / Cash9.2410.6222.3724.33
Price / Book0.941.362.244.66
Net Income$4.82B$2.60B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance6.38%3.22%0.95%1.47%
1 Month Performance-4.50%-2.63%-1.13%0.43%
1 Year Performance0.38%10.79%536.19%12.71%

Truist Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TFC
Truist Financial
4.9294 of 5 stars
$43.61
+0.0%
$50.59
+16.0%
+0.5%$56.23B$24.25B11.7238,335News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9802 of 5 stars
$42.20
+1.8%
$50.20
+19.0%
-4.5%$27.93B$8.45B13.1118,616Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9979 of 5 stars
$15.90
+1.9%
$19.37
+21.8%
+2.1%$23.19B$7.69B11.7819,932Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.875 of 5 stars
$53.84
+2.8%
$61.45
+14.1%
-1.6%$7.95B$3.25B9.849,406Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6852 of 5 stars
$50.26
+2.0%
$55.86
+11.1%
+21.6%$21.68B$7.85B15.2817,287Analyst Revision
CMA
Comerica
4.3566 of 5 stars
$77.39
+2.0%
$71.55
-7.5%
+23.0%$9.95B$4.99B14.837,928Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9809 of 5 stars
$17.58
+2.2%
$20.86
+18.7%
+1.9%$19.27B$4.94B-251.0916,753Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9894 of 5 stars
$187.13
+1.7%
$218.21
+16.6%
-2.8%$73.69B$22.10B12.8055,184Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.9845 of 5 stars
$24.58
+1.7%
$27.89
+13.5%
+2.0%$21.93B$9.37B11.4319,644Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9619 of 5 stars
$46.19
+2.7%
$58.50
+26.7%
-7.1%$6.41B$2.30B8.864,775Analyst Revision
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9908 of 5 stars
$46.16
+1.9%
$53.11
+15.1%
-1.5%$71.83B$42.71B11.0470,263Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:TFC) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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