RF vs. HBAN, KEY, FHN, WBS, CFR, PNFP, ZION, BOKF, SNV, and FNB
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), 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.
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Regions Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Huntington Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $15.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.93%. Regions Financial has a consensus target price of $20.34, indicating a potential upside of 3.66%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% 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. Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 17 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Regions Financial and 34 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 0.50 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 15.86%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 13.28% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Huntington Bancshares on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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