Trustmark (TRMK) Competitors

Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is TRMK or PNFP a better dividend stock?

Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Trustmark pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 16.1% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRMK or PNFP?

Trustmark has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TRMK or PNFP?

Trustmark currently has a consensus price target of $40.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.47%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus price target of $123.82, suggesting a potential upside of 34.83%. Given Pinnacle Financial Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners is more favorable than Trustmark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trustmark	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Pinnacle Financial Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRMK or PNFP?

Pinnacle Financial Partners received 167 more outperform votes than Trustmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trustmark	Outperform Votes 285 50.00%	Underperform Votes 285 50.00%
Pinnacle Financial Partners	Outperform Votes 452 60.27%	Underperform Votes 298 39.73%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TRMK or PNFP?

67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TRMK or PNFP?

Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Trustmark. Trustmark 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
Trustmark	$455.46M	4.25	$223.01M	$3.64	8.75
Pinnacle Financial Partners	$1.52B	4.67	$475.06M	$5.98	15.36

Does the media favor TRMK or PNFP?

In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 8 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 8 mentions for Trustmark. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Trustmark's score of 0.79 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trustmark	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinnacle Financial Partners	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRMK or PNFP more profitable?

Trustmark has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.48%. Trustmark's return on equity of 10.12% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trustmark	19.42%	10.12%	1.03%
Pinnacle Financial Partners	15.48%	9.04%	1.08%

Summary

Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Trustmark on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.