Trinity Capital (TRIN) Competitors

Park National (NYSE:PRK) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, PRK or TRIN?

Park National has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRK or TRIN?

Trinity Capital received 53 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.21% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park National	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 15 100.00%
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 53 55.21%	Underperform Votes 43 44.79%

Is PRK or TRIN a better dividend stock?

Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Park National pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital pays out 119.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is PRK or TRIN more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Park National's net margin of 22.09%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.90% beat Park National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park National	22.09%	12.05%	1.44%
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PRK or TRIN?

62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Park National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PRK or TRIN?

In the previous week, Park National had 26 more articles in the media than Trinity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Park National and 3 mentions for Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Park National's score of 0.03 indicating that Trinity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park National	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Trinity Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PRK or TRIN?

Park National has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park 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
Park National	$564.30M	5.51	$126.73M	$8.45	22.79
Trinity Capital	$181.85M	4.60	$76.89M	$1.71	8.30

Do analysts rate PRK or TRIN?

Park National currently has a consensus target price of $130.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.49%. Trinity Capital has a consensus target price of $15.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.88%. Given Trinity Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than Park National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park National	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Trinity Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Trinity Capital beats Park National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.