ZION vs. MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, and WBS
Should you be buying Zions Bancorporation, National Association stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zions Bancorporation, National Association include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association vs.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.24% compared to Zions Bancorporation, National Association's net margin of 15.70%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity of 13.65% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 34.7% 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. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
M&T Bank currently has a consensus target price of $218.79, suggesting a potential upside of 24.88%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a consensus target price of $60.94, suggesting a potential upside of 23.19%. Given M&T Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Zions Bancorporation, National Association.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 10 more articles in the media than Zions Bancorporation, National Association. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for M&T Bank and 15 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat M&T Bank's score of 1.09 indicating that Zions Bancorporation, National Association is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Zions Bancorporation, National Association. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 492 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.51% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote while only 45.79% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
M&T Bank beats Zions Bancorporation, National Association on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZION) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
