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The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) Competitors

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$158.49 -1.26 (-0.79%)
Closing price 04/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PNC vs. TFC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB

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 SouthState (SSB). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group17.10% 11.12% 1.06%
Truist Financial 15.59%9.32%1.00%

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Truist Financial has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 14 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 18 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Truist Financial's score of -0.20 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The PNC Financial Services Group
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Truist Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Truist Financial received 134 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.91% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 53.07% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
842
57.91%
Underperform Votes
612
42.09%
Truist FinancialOutperform Votes
976
53.07%
Underperform Votes
863
46.93%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The PNC Financial Services Group$21.11B2.97$5.89B$14.1611.19
Truist Financial$13.36B3.68$4.82B$3.3911.12

The PNC Financial Services Group presently has a consensus price target of $200.88, suggesting a potential upside of 26.75%. Truist Financial has a consensus price target of $47.83, suggesting a potential upside of 26.94%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Truist Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out 61.4% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNC vs. The Competition

MetricThe PNC Financial Services GroupNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$62.72B$21.67B$11.14B$18.91B
Dividend Yield4.26%3.78%5.91%4.15%
P/E Ratio11.5312.1522.0732.54
Price / Sales2.972.7025.8628.52
Price / Cash11.9111.1617.6017.53
Price / Book1.151.132.634.45
Net Income$5.89B$2.17B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.24%3.10%2.57%3.48%
1 Month Performance-10.38%-2.75%-1.97%-5.41%
1 Year Performance1.40%16.59%536.97%4.16%

The PNC Financial Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.997 of 5 stars
$158.49
-0.8%
$200.88
+26.7%
+1.4%$62.72B$21.11B11.5361,500Insider Trade
Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.9549 of 5 stars
$35.06
-2.3%
$48.28
+37.7%
-0.8%$45.77B$13.36B10.5352,600News Coverage
Gap Down
MTB
M&T Bank
4.8891 of 5 stars
$155.83
-2.7%
$208.14
+33.6%
+14.0%$25.60B$9.30B10.6522,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9904 of 5 stars
$1,668.68
-2.8%
$2,346.09
+40.6%
-1.2%$22.66B$9.73B8.8110,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9911 of 5 stars
$33.01
-3.3%
$47.18
+42.9%
-4.2%$22.05B$8.33B10.5119,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9372 of 5 stars
$13.41
-1.9%
$17.61
+31.3%
+6.0%$19.59B$7.55B10.9020,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
RF
Regions Financial
4.9837 of 5 stars
$18.86
-2.3%
$26.11
+38.4%
+3.4%$17.08B$7.12B9.7220,100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9963 of 5 stars
$13.73
-3.8%
$19.26
+40.3%
+0.8%$15.04B$4.64B-45.7717,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.0451 of 5 stars
$75.88
-2.0%
$106.46
+40.3%
+11.7%$10.50B$2.57B9.113,160Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FHN
First Horizon
4.8808 of 5 stars
$16.48
-3.6%
$22.03
+33.7%
+20.5%$8.47B$3.11B12.127,540Gap Up
SSB
SouthState
4.5631 of 5 stars
$82.94
-2.2%
$117.90
+42.2%
+10.3%$8.41B$1.67B11.925,030Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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