PNFP vs. CFR, ZION, SNV, BOKF, MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, and KEY
Should you be buying Pinnacle Financial Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle Financial Partners include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Synovus Financial (SNV), BOK Financial (BOKF), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), and KeyCorp (KEY). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Pinnacle Financial Partners vs.
Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Cullen/Frost Bankers presently has a consensus target price of $123.86, suggesting a potential downside of 10.07%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus target price of $108.70, suggesting a potential downside of 10.50%. Given Cullen/Frost Bankers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pinnacle Financial Partners. Cullen/Frost Bankers 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.
86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Cullen/Frost Bankers. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 6 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers. Cullen/Frost Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 0.95 indicating that Cullen/Frost Bankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.7% 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. Cullen/Frost Bankers has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Cullen/Frost Bankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has a net margin of 18.81% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 13.97%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.82% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.
Pinnacle Financial Partners received 103 more outperform votes than Cullen/Frost Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.62% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 39.34% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Cullen/Frost Bankers on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PNFP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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