CVB Financial (CVBF) Competitors

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

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 3.6%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. CVB Financial pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 43.5% 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 volatility & risk, CVBF or FHN?

CVB Financial has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CVBF or FHN?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than CVB Financial. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVB Financial, 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	$508.02M	6.04	$221.43M	$1.43	15.37
First Horizon	$3.17B	3.35	$897M	$1.38	14.52

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVBF or FHN?

First Horizon received 197 more outperform votes than CVB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.56% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 51.69% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVB Financial	Outperform Votes 306 51.69%	Underperform Votes 286 48.31%
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 503 54.56%	Underperform Votes 419 45.44%

Does the media refer more to CVBF or FHN?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 7 more articles in the media than CVB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for First Horizon and 11 mentions for CVB Financial. CVB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat First Horizon's score of 0.29 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Horizon	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CVBF or FHN?

CVB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $21.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.82%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.79%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Is CVBF or FHN more profitable?

CVB Financial has a net margin of 28.29% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.43%. CVB Financial's return on equity of 9.80% beat First Horizon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVB Financial	28.29%	9.80%	1.30%
First Horizon	15.43%	9.51%	1.01%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Horizon beats CVB Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.