UMB Financial (UMBF) Competitors

UMB Financial (NASDAQ:UMBF) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UMBF or FITB?

87.8% of UMB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of UMB Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is UMBF or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.43% compared to UMB Financial's net margin of 15.76%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 14.10% beat UMB Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UMB Financial	15.76%	13.73%	0.98%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.43%	14.10%	1.16%

Does the media favor UMBF or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 19 more articles in the media than UMB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 13 mentions for UMB Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat UMB Financial's score of 0.50 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UMB Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fifth Third Bancorp	15 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UMBF or FITB a better dividend stock?

UMB Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. UMB Financial pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.1% 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. UMB Financial has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UMBF or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp received 483 more outperform votes than UMB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.70% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave UMB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UMB Financial	Outperform Votes 274 46.44%	Underperform Votes 316 53.56%
Fifth Third Bancorp	Outperform Votes 757 56.70%	Underperform Votes 578 43.30%

Which has more volatility & risk, UMBF or FITB?

UMB Financial has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer UMBF or FITB?

UMB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $124.57, indicating a potential upside of 37.71%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $48.12, indicating a potential upside of 37.20%. Given UMB Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe UMB Financial is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UMB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, UMBF or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than UMB Financial. UMB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, 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
UMB Financial	$1.47B	4.48	$441.24M	$8.99	10.06
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.25B	2.84	$2.31B	$3.14	11.17

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats UMB Financial on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.