RNST vs. FBK, BANR, HTLF, LOB, SBCF, CFR, BPOP, ZION, PNFP, and WTFC
Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include FB Financial (FBK), Banner (BANR), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), and Wintrust Financial (WTFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) and FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Renasant has higher revenue and earnings than FB Financial. Renasant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Renasant currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.56%. FB Financial has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Renasant's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Renasant is more favorable than FB Financial.
Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Renasant pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FB Financial pays out 28.6% 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.
FB Financial has a net margin of 14.90% compared to Renasant's net margin of 14.67%. FB Financial's return on equity of 10.20% beat Renasant's return on equity.
In the previous week, FB Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FB Financial and 1 mentions for Renasant. FB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Renasant's score of 0.90 indicating that FB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Renasant received 122 more outperform votes than FB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.69% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.
77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of FB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Renasant has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FB Financial has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FB Financial beats Renasant on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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