OFG vs. SNV, PB, SSB, BOKF, ONB, BPOP, COLB, UMBF, HOMB, and GBCI
Should you be buying OFG Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFG Bancorp include Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Popular (BPOP), Columbia Banking System (COLB), UMB Financial (UMBF), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
OFG Bancorp vs.
Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Synovus Financial currently has a consensus price target of $58.44, suggesting a potential upside of 7.05%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.75%. Given OFG Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OFG Bancorp is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
In the previous week, Synovus Financial had 31 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Synovus Financial and 1 mentions for OFG Bancorp. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Synovus Financial received 169 more outperform votes than OFG Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.70% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote.
Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than OFG Bancorp. OFG Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Synovus Financial pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 24.3% 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.
Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 22.68% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 10.82%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 15.69% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats Synovus Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OFG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
