RF vs. HBAN, KEY, FHN, WBS, CFR, ZION, PNFP, BOKF, SNV, and ONB
Should you be buying Regions Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regions Financial include Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 15.86%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.28% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial received 366 more outperform votes than Huntington Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 51.30% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
Regions Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntington Bancshares. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 7 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 5 mentions for Regions Financial. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 0.60 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus price target of $20.34, suggesting a potential upside of 0.79%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.73%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 55.9% 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. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Huntington Bancshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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