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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts rate PNFP or MTB?

Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus target price of $124.70, suggesting a potential upside of 35.25%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $215.97, suggesting a potential upside of 36.38%. 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
M&T Bank	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, PNFP or MTB?

Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNFP or MTB?

Pinnacle Financial Partners received 202 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.24% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 45.80% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinnacle Financial Partners	Outperform Votes 453 60.24%	Underperform Votes 299 39.76%
M&T Bank	Outperform Votes 251 45.80%	Underperform Votes 297 54.20%

Is PNFP or MTB more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinnacle Financial Partners	15.48%	9.04%	1.08%
M&T Bank	19.24%	10.12%	1.25%

Is PNFP or MTB a better dividend stock?

Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.

Does the media prefer PNFP or MTB?

In the previous week, M&T Bank had 11 more articles in the media than Pinnacle Financial Partners. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for M&T Bank and 29 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.79 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle Financial Partners	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
M&T Bank	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$1.52B	4.69	$475.06M	$5.98	15.42
M&T Bank	$9.23B	2.82	$2.59B	$14.63	10.82

Summary

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