Simmons First National (SFNC) Competitors

First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is FHN or SFNC more profitable?

First Horizon has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 10.46%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Horizon	15.38%	10.10%	1.07%
Simmons First National	10.46%	5.10%	0.65%

Do analysts rate FHN or SFNC?

First Horizon currently has a consensus price target of $22.03, indicating a potential upside of 29.06%. Simmons First National has a consensus price target of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 34.18%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Simmons First National	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FHN or SFNC?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Simmons First National. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, 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
First Horizon	$3.10B	2.84	$775M	$1.36	12.55
Simmons First National	$762.75M	2.87	$152.69M	$1.21	14.37

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FHN or SFNC?

80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FHN or SFNC?

First Horizon received 241 more outperform votes than Simmons First National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.58% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 47.71% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 512 54.58%	Underperform Votes 426 45.42%
Simmons First National	Outperform Votes 271 47.71%	Underperform Votes 297 52.29%

Is FHN or SFNC a better dividend stock?

First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. First Horizon pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 70.2% 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. Simmons First National has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Simmons First National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, FHN or SFNC?

First Horizon has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simmons First National has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FHN or SFNC?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 18 more articles in the media than Simmons First National. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for First Horizon and 13 mentions for Simmons First National. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Simmons First National's score of 0.09 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Horizon	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simmons First National	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

First Horizon beats Simmons First National on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.