PRK vs. ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, OMF, CADE, and COOP
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include Ally Financial (ALLY), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), and Mr. Cooper Group (COOP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Park National vs.
Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Park National (NYSE:PRK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Ally Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Park National. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ally Financial and 5 mentions for Park National. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Park National's score of -0.10 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Park National has a net margin of 22.09% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 10.84%. Park National's return on equity of 12.05% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.
Ally Financial presently has a consensus price target of $42.53, indicating a potential upside of 13.49%. Park National has a consensus price target of $130.00, indicating a potential downside of 23.06%. Given Ally Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ally Financial is more favorable than Park National.
88.8% of Ally Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Park National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ally Financial pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 50.2% 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. Ally Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ally Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. Ally Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ally Financial has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ally Financial received 769 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.30% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
Summary
Ally Financial beats Park National on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRK) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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