FHN vs. FITB, FCNCA, MTB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, WBS, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying First Horizon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Horizon include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), M&T Bank (MTB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
First Horizon presently has a consensus price target of $16.36, suggesting a potential upside of 3.17%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $36.86, suggesting a potential downside of 1.49%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Horizon is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Horizon. First Horizon 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.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.70% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 16.07%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 16.11% beat First Horizon's return on equity.
First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 254 more outperform votes than First Horizon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.
First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Horizon pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% 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. First Horizon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Horizon. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat First Horizon's score of 0.19 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats First Horizon on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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