KEY vs. RF, FHN, WBS, HBAN, CFR, PNFP, ZION, BOKF, SNV, and FNB
Should you be buying KeyCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KeyCorp include Regions Financial (RF), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of KeyCorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Regions Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KeyCorp. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KeyCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 7.53%. KeyCorp's return on equity of 13.28% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
Regions Financial currently has a consensus price target of $20.34, suggesting a potential upside of 3.66%. KeyCorp has a consensus price target of $15.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than Regions Financial.
KeyCorp received 210 more outperform votes than Regions Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 28 more articles in the media than KeyCorp. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Regions Financial and 23 mentions for KeyCorp. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.46 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out 103.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
KeyCorp beats Regions Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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