MTB vs. PNC, TFC, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying M&T Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&T Bank include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
M&T Bank vs.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 18 more articles in the media than M&T Bank. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 16 mentions for M&T Bank. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat M&T Bank's score of 1.07 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.24% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 17.10%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.12% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 587 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group 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 2.7%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than M&T Bank. M&T Bank 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.
M&T Bank presently has a consensus price target of $221.68, suggesting a potential upside of 12.17%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.83%. Given M&T Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats M&T Bank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MTB) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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