Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Competitors

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Is FNF or FITB a better dividend stock?

Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% 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. Fidelity National Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FNF or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fidelity National Financial. Fidelity National 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
Fidelity National Financial	$13.68B	1.06	$1.27B	$4.04	13.04
Fifth Third Bancorp	$13.28B	2.15	$2.31B	$3.15	13.58

Is FNF or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 8.43%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 14.88% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Financial	8.43%	14.88%	1.35%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.65%	13.64%	1.14%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FNF or FITB?

81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, FNF or FITB?

Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FNF or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 9 mentions for Fidelity National Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 0.42 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
Fidelity National Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fifth Third Bancorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FNF or FITB?

Fidelity National Financial presently has a consensus price target of $71.20, indicating a potential upside of 35.18%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 11.13%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Fidelity National Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.