Fidelity Southern (LION) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FHN or LION?

First Horizon presently has a consensus price target of $22.03, suggesting a potential upside of 23.71%. Fidelity Southern has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 64.59%. Given Fidelity Southern's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity Southern is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Fidelity Southern	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FHN or LION?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Southern.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Horizon	$3.11B	2.95	$775M	$1.44	12.37
Fidelity Southern	$2.99B	0.66	-$93.50M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor FHN or LION?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 14 more articles in the media than Fidelity Southern. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Horizon and 1 mentions for Fidelity Southern. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Fidelity Southern's score of 0.00 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Horizon	Positive
Fidelity Southern	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FHN or LION?

80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Fidelity Southern shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FHN or LION more profitable?

First Horizon has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Fidelity Southern's net margin of -6.57%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat Fidelity Southern's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Horizon	15.38%	10.10%	1.07%
Fidelity Southern	-6.57%	N/A	-2.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FHN or LION?

First Horizon received 291 more outperform votes than Fidelity Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.73% of users gave Fidelity Southern an outperform vote while only 54.58% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 512 54.58%	Underperform Votes 426 45.42%
Fidelity Southern	Outperform Votes 221 59.73%	Underperform Votes 149 40.27%

Summary

First Horizon beats Fidelity Southern on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.