Truist Financial (TFC) Competitors $43.60 +0.01 (+0.01%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$43.70 +0.10 (+0.22%) As of 04:37 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock TFC vs. FITB, HBAN, ZION, CFG, CMA, KEY, PNC, RF, SNV, and USBShould 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 Huntington Bancshares Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Citizens Financial Group Comerica KeyCorp The PNC Financial Services Group Regions Financial Synovus Financial U.S. Bancorp 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. Do analysts rate FITB or TFC? 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) 2.86Truist Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FITB or TFC? 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 RatioFifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.10$2.31B$3.3512.56Truist Financial$24.25B2.32$4.82B$3.7211.72 Is FITB or TFC more profitable? 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% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FITB or TFC? 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. Does the media refer more to FITB or TFC? 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 Which has more risk & volatility, FITB or TFC? 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. Is FITB or TFC a better dividend stock? 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. SummaryFifth Third Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Truist Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TFC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart TFC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTruist FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$56.23B$35.03B$12.58B$21.96BDividend Yield4.75%3.53%5.57%3.62%P/E Ratio11.7213.5821.1432.72Price / Sales2.321.8530.1680.84Price / Cash9.2410.6222.3724.33Price / Book0.941.362.244.66Net Income$4.82B$2.60B$1.02B$1.02B7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TFCTruist Financial4.9294 of 5 stars$43.61+0.0%$50.59+16.0%+0.5%$56.23B$24.25B11.7238,335News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastFITBFifth Third Bancorp4.9802 of 5 stars$42.20+1.8%$50.20+19.0%-4.5%$27.93B$8.45B13.1118,616Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionHBANHuntington Bancshares4.9979 of 5 stars$15.90+1.9%$19.37+21.8%+2.1%$23.19B$7.69B11.7819,932Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionZIONZions Bancorporation, N.A.4.875 of 5 stars$53.84+2.8%$61.45+14.1%-1.6%$7.95B$3.25B9.849,406Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionCFGCitizens Financial Group4.6852 of 5 stars$50.26+2.0%$55.86+11.1%+21.6%$21.68B$7.85B15.2817,287Analyst RevisionCMAComerica4.3566 of 5 stars$77.39+2.0%$71.55-7.5%+23.0%$9.95B$4.99B14.837,928Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionKEYKeyCorp4.9809 of 5 stars$17.58+2.2%$20.86+18.7%+1.9%$19.27B$4.94B-251.0916,753Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionPNCThe PNC Financial Services Group4.9894 of 5 stars$187.13+1.7%$218.21+16.6%-2.8%$73.69B$22.10B12.8055,184Positive NewsRFRegions Financial4.9845 of 5 stars$24.58+1.7%$27.89+13.5%+2.0%$21.93B$9.37B11.4319,644Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeSNVSynovus Financial4.9619 of 5 stars$46.19+2.7%$58.50+26.7%-7.1%$6.41B$2.30B8.864,775Analyst RevisionUSBU.S. Bancorp4.9908 of 5 stars$46.16+1.9%$53.11+15.1%-1.5%$71.83B$42.71B11.0470,263Positive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeShort Interest ↓Analyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Fifth Third Bancorp Competitors Huntington Bancshares Competitors Zions Bancorporation, N.A. 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