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.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 35 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 1 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Truist Financial currently has a consensus target price of $50.79, suggesting a potential upside of 11.22%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
Truist Financial received 110 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 53.21% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Truist Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Truist Financial pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% 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.
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.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TFC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
