TFC vs. FITB, HBAN, ZION, CFG, CMA, KEY, PNC, RF, SNV, and USB
Should you be buying Truist Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Truist Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and U.S. Bancorp (USB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Truist Financial vs. Its Competitors
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Truist Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 13 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 3 mentions for Truist Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.10 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Truist Financial presently has a consensus price target of $48.44, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 10.41%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Truist Financial.
Truist Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Truist Financial pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 15.59%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TFC) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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