PRK vs. UWMC, GGAL, WF, QFIN, COOP, OMF, CADE, PFSI, BMA, and OZK
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include UWM (UWMC), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Woori Financial Group (WF), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Banco Macro (BMA), and Bank OZK (OZK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Park National vs.
UWM (NYSE:UWMC) and Park National (NYSE:PRK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to UWM's net margin of 0.00%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat UWM's return on equity.
UWM pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. UWM pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Park National pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Park National has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UWM. Park National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UWM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UWM received 28 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 29.17% of users gave UWM an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
UWM has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Park National had 15 more articles in the media than UWM. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Park National and 5 mentions for UWM. UWM's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Park National's score of -0.06 indicating that UWM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.6% of UWM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. 94.1% of UWM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Park National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UWM presently has a consensus target price of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.64%. Park National has a consensus target price of $181.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Given UWM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe UWM is more favorable than Park National.
Summary
UWM beats Park National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRK) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
