CVB Financial (CVBF) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CVBF or FHN?

74.2% of CVB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CVBF or FHN?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 19 more articles in the media than CVB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for First Horizon and 6 mentions for CVB Financial. CVB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat First Horizon's score of 0.86 indicating that CVB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVB Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Horizon	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CVBF or FHN?

CVB Financial has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVBF or FHN a better dividend stock?

CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CVB Financial pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 44.1% 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.

Is CVBF or FHN more profitable?

CVB Financial has a net margin of 29.32% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.38%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat CVB Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVB Financial	29.32%	9.35%	1.27%
First Horizon	15.38%	10.10%	1.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVBF or FHN?

First Horizon received 204 more outperform votes than CVB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.55% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 51.52% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVB Financial	Outperform Votes 306 51.52%	Underperform Votes 288 48.48%
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 510 54.55%	Underperform Votes 425 45.45%

Do analysts recommend CVBF or FHN?

CVB Financial currently has a consensus target price of $22.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.07%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $22.30, indicating a potential upside of 29.28%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Horizon is more favorable than CVB Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has better earnings & valuation, CVBF or FHN?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than CVB Financial. CVB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Horizon, 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
CVB Financial	$475.92M	5.11	$200.72M	$1.44	12.13
First Horizon	$3.10B	2.86	$775M	$1.36	12.68

Summary

First Horizon beats CVB Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.