SNV vs. HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, and BPOP
Should you be buying Synovus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synovus Financial include Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), 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), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 7 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 4 mentions for Synovus Financial. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Synovus Financial's score of 0.91 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Huntington Bancshares received 118 more outperform votes than Synovus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.86% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
Huntington Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $15.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.91%. Synovus Financial has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.56%. Given Synovus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synovus Financial pays out 52.1% 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. Synovus Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Huntington Bancshares has a net margin of 15.86% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 13.29%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 12.93% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.
Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Synovus Financial. Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Huntington Bancshares beats Synovus Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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