Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) Competitors

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNC or HBAN?

The PNC Financial Services Group received 256 more outperform votes than Huntington Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.01% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The PNC Financial Services Group	Outperform Votes 840 58.01%	Underperform Votes 608 41.99%
Huntington Bancshares	Outperform Votes 584 51.59%	Underperform Votes 548 48.41%

Does the media prefer PNC or HBAN?

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 25 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 24 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.79 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The PNC Financial Services Group	29 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huntington Bancshares	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, PNC or HBAN?

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PNC or HBAN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The PNC Financial Services Group	$20.81B	2.95	$5.89B	$13.75	11.27
Huntington Bancshares	$7.39B	2.60	$1.94B	$1.23	10.69

Do analysts recommend PNC or HBAN?

The PNC Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $203.47, suggesting a potential upside of 31.35%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $17.94, suggesting a potential upside of 36.43%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The PNC Financial Services Group	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Huntington Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is PNC or HBAN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group	17.10%	11.12%	1.06%
Huntington Bancshares	16.23%	11.23%	0.99%

Is PNC or HBAN a better dividend stock?

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PNC or HBAN?

83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Huntington Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.