MTB vs. FITB, FCNCA, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, BPOP, BBDO, STT, NTRS, and CFG
Should you be buying M&T Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&T Bank include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), and Citizens Financial Group (CFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
M&T Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fifth Third Bancorp. M&T Bank 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.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 508 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.15% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.29% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.52% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.70%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 16.11% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. M&T Bank pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% 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.
M&T Bank presently has a consensus target price of $158.48, suggesting a potential upside of 3.05%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.34%. Given M&T Bank's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 14 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for M&T Bank and 12 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.65 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
M&T Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MTB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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