Prosperity Bancshares (PB) Competitors

Prosperity Bancshares (NYSE:PB) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend PB or FITB?

Prosperity Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $83.35, indicating a potential upside of 26.50%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $48.12, indicating a potential upside of 37.20%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Prosperity Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prosperity Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Does the media prefer PB or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 12 more articles in the media than Prosperity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 20 mentions for Prosperity Bancshares. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Prosperity Bancshares' score of 0.67 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
Prosperity Bancshares	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	15 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PB or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Prosperity Bancshares. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prosperity Bancshares, 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
Prosperity Bancshares	$1.15B	5.48	$479.39M	$5.06	13.02
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.25B	2.84	$2.31B	$3.14	11.17

Is PB or FITB a better dividend stock?

Prosperity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Prosperity Bancshares pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.1% 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. Prosperity Bancshares has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, PB or FITB?

Prosperity Bancshares has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PB or FITB more profitable?

Prosperity Bancshares has a net margin of 26.79% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.43%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 14.10% beat Prosperity Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prosperity Bancshares	26.79%	6.64%	1.22%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.43%	14.10%	1.16%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PB or FITB?

80.7% of Prosperity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Prosperity Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PB or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp received 433 more outperform votes than Prosperity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.70% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.89% of users gave Prosperity Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prosperity Bancshares	Outperform Votes 324 46.89%	Underperform Votes 367 53.11%
Fifth Third Bancorp	Outperform Votes 757 56.70%	Underperform Votes 578 43.30%

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Prosperity Bancshares on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.