KeyCorp (KEY) Competitors

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts prefer PNC or KEY?

The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $201.65, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. KeyCorp has a consensus price target of $19.53, indicating a potential upside of 17.53%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The PNC Financial Services Group	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
KeyCorp	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has more volatility & risk, PNC or KEY?

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PNC or KEY?

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 16 more articles in the media than KeyCorp. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 24 mentions for KeyCorp. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.93 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The PNC Financial Services Group	29 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KeyCorp	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PNC or KEY?

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, 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
The PNC Financial Services Group	$20.81B	3.36	$5.89B	$13.75	12.84
KeyCorp	$4.39B	4.18	-$161M	-$0.30	-55.38

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

83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of KeyCorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNC or KEY?

KeyCorp received 435 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.82% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The PNC Financial Services Group	Outperform Votes 836 57.98%	Underperform Votes 606 42.02%
KeyCorp	Outperform Votes 1271 61.82%	Underperform Votes 785 38.18%

Is PNC or KEY a better dividend stock?

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out -273.3% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PNC or KEY more profitable?

The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.10% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of -2.52%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.12% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group	17.10%	11.12%	1.06%
KeyCorp	-2.52%	8.73%	0.63%

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats KeyCorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.