PNC vs. TFC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WAL
Should you be buying The PNC Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The PNC Financial Services Group include Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
The PNC Financial Services Group vs.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Truist Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.55%. Truist Financial has a consensus target price of $50.79, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Truist Financial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out 62.5% 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.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 25 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 3 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.43 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Truist Financial received 93 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.99% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 53.21% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 17.10% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 15.59%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.12% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PNC) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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