Old National Bancorp (ONB) Competitors

Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ONB or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Old National Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old National Bancorp, 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
Old National Bancorp	$1.89B	3.29	$539.19M	$1.68	11.58
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.25B	2.78	$2.31B	$3.14	10.96

Do analysts recommend ONB or FITB?

Old National Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $25.71, suggesting a potential upside of 32.14%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $48.12, suggesting a potential upside of 39.88%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Old National Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old National Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Is ONB or FITB more profitable?

Old National Bancorp has a net margin of 18.24% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.43%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 14.10% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old National Bancorp	18.24%	10.13%	1.13%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.43%	14.10%	1.16%

Which has more volatility and risk, ONB or FITB?

Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ONB or FITB?

83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ONB or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp received 372 more outperform votes than Old National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.70% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old National Bancorp	Outperform Votes 385 54.84%	Underperform Votes 317 45.16%
Fifth Third Bancorp	Outperform Votes 757 56.70%	Underperform Votes 578 43.30%

Is ONB or FITB a better dividend stock?

Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Old National Bancorp pays out 33.3% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to ONB or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than Old National Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 17 mentions for Old National Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.27 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Old National Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fifth Third Bancorp	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Old National Bancorp on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.