Banner (BANR) Competitors

Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is BANR or PNFP a better dividend stock?

Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Banner pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.1% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, BANR or PNFP?

Banner has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BANR or PNFP?

Pinnacle Financial Partners received 119 more outperform votes than Banner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.35% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Banner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banner	Outperform Votes 333 57.61%	Underperform Votes 245 42.39%
Pinnacle Financial Partners	Outperform Votes 452 60.35%	Underperform Votes 297 39.65%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BANR or PNFP?

Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Banner. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banner	$832.99M	2.78	$168.90M	$4.88	13.79
Pinnacle Financial Partners	$3.07B	2.87	$475.06M	$5.98	19.10

Do analysts prefer BANR or PNFP?

Banner presently has a consensus target price of $74.20, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus target price of $125.18, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Banner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Banner is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banner	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Pinnacle Financial Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media favor BANR or PNFP?

In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 7 more articles in the media than Banner. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 4 mentions for Banner. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Banner's score of 1.33 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banner	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinnacle Financial Partners	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is BANR or PNFP more profitable?

Banner has a net margin of 20.28% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.48%. Banner's return on equity of 10.03% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banner	20.28%	10.03%	1.09%
Pinnacle Financial Partners	15.48%	9.04%	1.08%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BANR or PNFP?

87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Banner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners 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.

Summary

Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Banner on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.