PNFP vs. MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, and WBS
Should you be buying Pinnacle Financial Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle Financial Partners include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Pinnacle Financial Partners vs.
Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% 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.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 11 more articles in the media than Pinnacle Financial Partners. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for M&T Bank and 8 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat M&T Bank's score of 1.05 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.24% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.48%. M&T Bank's return on equity of 10.12% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.
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.
Pinnacle Financial Partners received 202 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.35% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 45.87% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus price target of $125.18, suggesting a potential upside of 15.18%. M&T Bank has a consensus price target of $219.97, suggesting a potential upside of 20.79%. Given M&T Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Pinnacle Financial Partners.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners and M&T Bank tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PNFP) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
