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$47.63 +2.65 (+5.89%)
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TFC vs. PNC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS

Should you be buying Truist Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Truist Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), 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 Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Truist Financial vs.

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out -145.5% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Truist Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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$31.88B2.47$5.58B$11.8316.77
Truist Financial$33.25B1.90-$1.09B-$1.43-33.31

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 37 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 20 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.54 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
29 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Truist Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Truist Financial received 83 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 54.97% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
835
57.99%
Underperform Votes
605
42.01%
Truist FinancialOutperform Votes
918
54.97%
Underperform Votes
752
45.03%

The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 14.97% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of -4.89%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 10.88% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group14.97% 10.88% 1.02%
Truist Financial -4.89%9.35%0.98%

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 currently has a consensus target price of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.35%. Truist Financial has a consensus target price of $49.95, suggesting a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
Truist Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TFC vs. The Competition

MetricTruist FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$63.23B$23.06B$11.78B$19.94B
Dividend Yield4.86%3.40%6.02%3.71%
P/E Ratio-33.3127.3625.2441.41
Price / Sales1.902.3928.3616.25
Price / Cash4.589.9417.2619.84
Price / Book1.211.282.655.76
Net Income-$1.09B$2.22B$1.04B$993.25M
7 Day Performance10.43%4.14%2.92%3.12%
1 Month Performance9.94%1.31%0.91%4.75%
1 Year Performance27.11%18.95%14.70%18.83%

Truist Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TFC
Truist Financial
4.5613 of 5 stars
$47.63
+5.9%
$49.95
+4.9%
+27.0%$63.23B$33.25B-33.3150,832Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9423 of 5 stars
$191.23
+1.2%
$203.29
+6.3%
+31.6%$75.88B$20.62B16.1656,411Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9632 of 5 stars
$189.55
+1.0%
$216.86
+14.4%
+41.2%$31.45B$9.17B14.0322,223Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.3569 of 5 stars
$2,063.78
0.0%
$2,290.75
+11.0%
+55.3%$28.87B$9.67B11.8216,021Short Interest ↑
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8004 of 5 stars
$41.30
+0.4%
$45.92
+11.2%
+29.6%$27.69B$8.17B13.7218,724Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8136 of 5 stars
$16.08
+0.4%
$17.76
+10.5%
+33.7%$23.36B$7.21B15.4619,955Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RF
Regions Financial
4.9507 of 5 stars
$23.33
+1.2%
$27.67
+18.6%
+30.2%$21.20B$7.08B13.1820,101Earnings Report
Gap Up
KEY
KeyCorp
4.6894 of 5 stars
$16.82
+0.6%
$19.44
+15.6%
+31.3%$16.67B$5.09B1,682.0017,333Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.9847 of 5 stars
$94.58
+1.1%
$109.77
+16.1%
+42.3%$13.11B$2.55B11.943,160
FHN
First Horizon
4.5383 of 5 stars
$20.12
+0.3%
$21.35
+6.1%
+53.0%$10.67B$3.17B14.587,540Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
WBS
Webster Financial
4.7413 of 5 stars
$54.25
+1.1%
$61.58
+13.5%
+18.4%$9.30B$2.55B12.304,261Earnings Report

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