BOKF vs. SNV, PNFP, ZION, ONB, CFR, FNB, WBS, UMBF, FHN, and FULT
Should you be buying BOK Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOK Financial include Synovus Financial (SNV), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), F.N.B. (FNB), Webster Financial (WBS), UMB Financial (UMBF), First Horizon (FHN), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BOK Financial. Synovus Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synovus Financial received 44 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.86% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 47.80% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.
BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BOK Financial pays out 32.1% 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.
34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BOK Financial has a net margin of 13.93% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 13.29%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 12.93% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, BOK Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BOK Financial and 8 mentions for Synovus Financial. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat BOK Financial's score of 0.84 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BOK Financial presently has a consensus target price of $97.10, suggesting a potential upside of 1.48%. Synovus Financial has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.44%. Given Synovus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Synovus Financial is more favorable than BOK Financial.
BOK Financial has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Synovus Financial beats BOK Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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