FITB vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying Fifth Third Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fifth Third Bancorp include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Fifth Third Bancorp vs.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Given The PNC Financial Services Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The PNC Financial Services Group is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 16 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 20 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.82 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.43% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 17.10%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 14.10% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 82 more outperform votes than Fifth Third Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group and Fifth Third Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FITB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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