City (CHCO) Competitors

City (NASDAQ:CHCO) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHCO or SNV?

72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of City shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CHCO or SNV a better dividend stock?

City pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. City pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synovus Financial pays out 51.1% 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.

Does the media prefer CHCO or SNV?

In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 9 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Synovus Financial and 5 mentions for City. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat City's score of 0.83 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
City	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Synovus Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CHCO or SNV?

City currently has a consensus price target of $116.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.85%. Synovus Financial has a consensus price target of $58.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.78%. Given Synovus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Synovus Financial is more favorable than City.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Synovus Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHCO or SNV?

Synovus Financial received 214 more outperform votes than City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.97% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave City an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City	Outperform Votes 248 49.60%	Underperform Votes 252 50.40%
Synovus Financial	Outperform Votes 462 56.97%	Underperform Votes 349 43.03%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHCO or SNV?

Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than City. Synovus Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, 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
City	$285.06M	5.92	$117.10M	$7.89	14.53
Synovus Financial	$1.98B	2.95	$482.46M	$3.05	13.57

Which has more volatility and risk, CHCO or SNV?

City has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHCO or SNV more profitable?

City has a net margin of 30.83% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 14.05%. City's return on equity of 16.49% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City	30.83%	16.49%	1.83%
Synovus Financial	14.05%	14.70%	1.14%

Summary

Synovus Financial beats City on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.