MTB vs. PNC, TFC, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying M&T Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&T Bank include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 35.2% 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 13 consecutive years and M&T Bank has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. The PNC Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 2 more articles in the media than M&T Bank. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 8 mentions for M&T Bank. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.80 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 588 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 46.29% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $157.02, suggesting a potential downside of 0.23%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $158.48, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Given The PNC Financial Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of M&T Bank 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than M&T Bank. M&T Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.52% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 16.05%. M&T Bank's return on equity of 11.64% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats M&T Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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