OneMain (OMF) Competitors

OneMain (NYSE:OMF) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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

85.8% of OneMain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of OneMain shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OMF or FITB a better dividend stock?

OneMain pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. OneMain pays out 87.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OneMain has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Is OMF or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to OneMain's net margin of 11.06%. OneMain's return on equity of 19.30% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneMain	11.06%	19.30%	2.41%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.65%	13.64%	1.14%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OMF or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than OneMain. OneMain 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
OneMain	$4.99B	1.37	$509M	$4.73	12.17
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.29B	3.45	$2.31B	$3.15	13.58

Does the media prefer OMF or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 12 more articles in the media than OneMain. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 9 mentions for OneMain. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat OneMain's score of 0.94 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
OneMain	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, OMF or FITB?

OneMain has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate OMF or FITB?

OneMain presently has a consensus price target of $60.78, suggesting a potential upside of 5.62%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, suggesting a potential upside of 11.09%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than OneMain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OneMain	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 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 OneMain on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.