PRK vs. ALLY, CIB, WF, GGAL, UWMC, COOP, QFIN, OMF, CADE, and BMA
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Qifu Technology (QFIN), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), and Banco Macro (BMA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Park National vs.
Park National (NYSE:PRK) and Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Park National pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ally Financial pays out 88.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Park National has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Park National has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ally Financial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ally Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. Park National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ally Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ally Financial received 783 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ally Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ally Financial and 14 mentions for Park National. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Park National's score of 0.08 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Park National presently has a consensus target price of $177.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.38%. Ally Financial has a consensus target price of $41.69, indicating a potential upside of 13.65%. Given Ally Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ally Financial is more favorable than Park National.
Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 11.29%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.
62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Park National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ally Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ally Financial beats Park National on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRK) was last updated on 5/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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