BOKF vs. FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, and WAL
Should you be buying BOK Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOK Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
BOK Financial vs.
BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 7 mentions for BOK Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BOK Financial's score of 0.91 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BOK Financial pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.1% 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. BOK Financial has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BOK Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOK Financial has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BOK Financial presently has a consensus price target of $119.11, indicating a potential upside of 14.04%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.86, indicating a potential upside of 16.66%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than BOK Financial.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.43% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 15.32%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 14.10% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 356 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.57% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.76% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats BOK Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BOKF) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
