TFC vs. EWBC, FITB, HBAN, ZION, CFG, CMA, KEY, PNC, SNV, and USB
Should you be buying Truist Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Truist Financial include East West Bancorp (EWBC), 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), 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 East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Truist Financial currently has a consensus target price of $48.47, suggesting a potential upside of 6.98%. East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $116.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.47%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Truist Financial.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Truist Financial pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% 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. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Truist Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 16.82%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 19 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for East West Bancorp and 1 mentions for Truist Financial. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.33 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Truist Financial has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Truist Financial has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TFC) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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