HBAN vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), 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.
Huntington Bancshares vs.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 50.4% 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.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 26 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 11 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 1.35 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.10% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 16.23%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 11.23% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $18.06, suggesting a potential upside of 11.82%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 256 more outperform votes than Huntington Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Huntington Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBAN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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