TFC vs. PNC, FITB, FCNCA, MTB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying Truist Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Truist Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), M&T Bank (MTB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Truist Financial pays out -157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group 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. Truist Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Truist Financial received 14 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.25% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 4 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 6 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The PNC Financial Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Truist Financial currently has a consensus target price of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.37%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $157.02, suggesting a potential downside of 0.23%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of -4.28%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.64% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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