SVNLY vs. RF, DNKEY, HBAN, SHG, KEY, SCBFF, BDORY, WBS, FHN, and CFR
Should you be buying Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) include Regions Financial (RF), Danske Bank A/S (DNKEY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), KeyCorp (KEY), Standard Chartered (SCBFF), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY), Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon (FHN), and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SVNLY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Regions Financial received 840 more outperform votes than Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.49% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) an outperform vote.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Regions Financial pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) pays out 45.9% 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus price target of $22.79, suggesting a potential upside of 38.82%. Given Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ).
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Regions Financial and 0 mentions for Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ). Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)'s score of 0.65 indicating that Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regions Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ). Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regions Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.8% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 26.86% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 19.60%. Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)'s return on equity of 16.54% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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