PRK vs. FHN, WBS, CMA, CFR, ZION, PNFP, BOKF, SNV, ONB, and FNB
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Comerica (CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and Park National (NYSE:PRK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Park National has a net margin of 22.03% compared to Park National's net margin of 16.07%. First Horizon's return on equity of 12.13% beat Park National's return on equity.
First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Horizon received 486 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. First Horizon pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 53.7% 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. Park National has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. First Horizon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Park National had 38 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Park National and 2 mentions for First Horizon. Park National's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat First Horizon's score of 0.07 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Horizon currently has a consensus price target of $16.36, suggesting a potential upside of 3.26%. Park National has a consensus price target of $130.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.43%. Given Park National's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Horizon is more favorable than Park National.
80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Park National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
First Horizon beats Park National on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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