FNB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, BPOP, and ZION
Should you be buying F.N.B. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F.N.B. include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F.N.B. pays out 38.7% 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 11 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, F.N.B. had 3 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for F.N.B. and 6 mentions for Regions Financial. F.N.B.'s average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.74 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than F.N.B.. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F.N.B., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 19.73%. F.N.B.'s return on equity of 13.28% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of F.N.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of F.N.B. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F.N.B. has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus price target of $20.34, suggesting a potential upside of 5.11%. F.N.B. has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.93%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe F.N.B. is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Regions Financial received 495 more outperform votes than F.N.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 62.85% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote.
Summary
Regions Financial beats F.N.B. on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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