Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP) Competitors

Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Does the media prefer PNFP or MTB?

In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 6 more articles in the media than M&T Bank. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 9 mentions for M&T Bank. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 0.62 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle Financial Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
M&T Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PNFP or MTB a better dividend stock?

Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 40.0% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PNFP or MTB?

M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle Financial Partners. M&T Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, 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
Pinnacle Financial Partners	$1.42B	6.09	$562.15M	$5.26	21.34
M&T Bank	$9.17B	3.43	$2.74B	$13.51	14.03

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNFP or MTB?

Pinnacle Financial Partners received 203 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 45.90% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinnacle Financial Partners	Outperform Votes 449 60.27%	Underperform Votes 296 39.73%
M&T Bank	Outperform Votes 246 45.90%	Underperform Votes 290 54.10%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PNFP or MTB?

87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of M&T Bank 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.

Is PNFP or MTB more profitable?

M&T Bank has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 13.97%. M&T Bank's return on equity of 9.52% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinnacle Financial Partners	13.97%	8.89%	1.07%
M&T Bank	17.82%	9.52%	1.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, PNFP or MTB?

Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PNFP or MTB?

Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus target price of $118.91, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $215.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.73%. Given M&T Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinnacle Financial Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
M&T Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Summary

Pinnacle Financial Partners and M&T Bank tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.