RNST vs. FBK, BANR, HTLF, LOB, SBCF, CFR, BPOP, ZION, PNFP, and WTFC
Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include FB Financial (FBK), Banner (BANR), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), and Wintrust Financial (WTFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
FB Financial currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Given FB Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Renasant is more favorable than FB Financial.
Renasant has higher revenue and earnings than FB Financial. Renasant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FB Financial and FB Financial both had 1 articles in the media. Renasant's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat FB Financial's score of 0.51 indicating that FB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FB Financial has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of FB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Renasant received 122 more outperform votes than FB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.69% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.
FB Financial has a net margin of 14.90% compared to FB Financial's net margin of 14.67%. Renasant's return on equity of 10.20% beat FB Financial's return on equity.
FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FB Financial pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 35.8% 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. FB Financial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Summary
FB Financial beats Renasant on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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