F.N.B. (FNB) Competitors

F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FNB or KEY?

79.3% of F.N.B. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of F.N.B. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FNB or KEY?

KeyCorp received 790 more outperform votes than F.N.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.59% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
F.N.B.	Outperform Votes 430 62.59%	Underperform Votes 257 37.41%
KeyCorp	Outperform Votes 1220 61.77%	Underperform Votes 755 38.23%

Is FNB or KEY a better dividend stock?

F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. F.N.B. pays out 44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out 8,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate FNB or KEY?

F.N.B. presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. KeyCorp has a consensus price target of $19.44, suggesting a potential upside of 6.10%. Given F.N.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe F.N.B. is more favorable than KeyCorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
F.N.B.	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
KeyCorp	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FNB or KEY?

KeyCorp has higher revenue and earnings than F.N.B.. F.N.B. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KeyCorp, 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
F.N.B.	$2.23B	2.52	$485M	$1.09	14.32
KeyCorp	$10.40B	1.75	$967M	$0.01	1,832.30

Does the media prefer FNB or KEY?

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 15 more articles in the media than F.N.B.. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for KeyCorp and 11 mentions for F.N.B.. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat F.N.B.'s score of 0.10 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
F.N.B.	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
KeyCorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FNB or KEY more profitable?

F.N.B. has a net margin of 16.29% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 0.76%. F.N.B.'s return on equity of 8.49% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
F.N.B.	16.29%	8.49%	1.10%
KeyCorp	0.76%	8.24%	0.56%

Which has more volatility and risk, FNB or KEY?

F.N.B. has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

F.N.B. and KeyCorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.