Trustmark (TRMK) Competitors

Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is WTFC or TRMK a better dividend stock?

Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Wintrust Financial pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trustmark pays out 25.3% 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. Wintrust Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, WTFC or TRMK?

Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustmark has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WTFC or TRMK?

93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Trustmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Trustmark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer WTFC or TRMK?

Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus price target of $133.69, suggesting a potential upside of 2.20%. Trustmark has a consensus price target of $36.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.78%. Given Wintrust Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wintrust Financial is more favorable than Trustmark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wintrust Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Trustmark	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is WTFC or TRMK more profitable?

Trustmark has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 17.52%. Wintrust Financial's return on equity of 12.60% beat Trustmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wintrust Financial	17.52%	12.60%	1.13%
Trustmark	19.42%	10.27%	1.03%

Does the media favor WTFC or TRMK?

In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 25 mentions for Trustmark. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Trustmark's score of 0.68 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wintrust Financial	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trustmark	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WTFC or TRMK?

Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Trustmark. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wintrust Financial, 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
Wintrust Financial	$3.97B	2.19	$695.04M	$10.31	12.69
Trustmark	$949.48M	2.42	$165.49M	$3.64	10.30

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTFC or TRMK?

Wintrust Financial received 198 more outperform votes than Trustmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.11% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wintrust Financial	Outperform Votes 482 62.11%	Underperform Votes 294 37.89%
Trustmark	Outperform Votes 284 49.91%	Underperform Votes 285 50.09%

Summary

Wintrust Financial beats Trustmark on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.