PNC vs. TFC, HBAN, RF, USB, COF, SHG, C, WFC, BBVA, and APO
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), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Capital One Financial (COF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), and Apollo Global Management (APO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Truist Financial received 12 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 55.51% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Truist Financial had 4 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Truist Financial and 11 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. Truist Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.07 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Truist Financial presently has a consensus price target of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.01%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $157.02, suggesting a potential downside of 2.07%. Given The PNC Financial Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 16.05% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of -4.28%. Truist Financial's return on equity of 11.64% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Truist Financial pays out -157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 52.1% 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. Truist Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Truist Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The PNC Financial Services Group has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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