HBAN vs. RF, KEY, FHN, WBS, CFR, ZION, PNFP, BOKF, SNV, and ONB
Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial received 366 more outperform votes than Huntington Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 51.30% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
Regions Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntington Bancshares. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus target price of $20.34, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $15.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.03%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 15.86%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 13.28% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 6 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 7 mentions for Regions Financial. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.82 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Huntington Bancshares on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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