FHN vs. MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, WBS, WAL, and PNFP
Should you be buying First Horizon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Horizon include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Horizon vs.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than First Horizon. M&T Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Horizon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.24% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 15.38%. M&T Bank's return on equity of 10.12% beat First Horizon's return on equity.
M&T Bank currently has a consensus price target of $221.68, suggesting a potential upside of 14.13%. First Horizon has a consensus price target of $22.04, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Given M&T Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than First Horizon.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 10 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for M&T Bank and 8 mentions for First Horizon. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat First Horizon's score of 0.56 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Horizon received 257 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 44.1% 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.
Summary
M&T Bank beats First Horizon on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FHN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
