TFC vs. PNC, HBAN, RF, KEY, MFG, COF, USB, SHG, C, and COIN
Should you be buying Truist Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Truist Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Capital One Financial (COF), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Citigroup (C), and Coinbase Global (COIN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 12 more articles in the media than Truist Financial. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 11 mentions for Truist Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.33 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
71.3% of Truist Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Truist Financial received 8 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.37% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of -4.28%. The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity of 11.64% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
Truist Financial presently has a consensus price target of $42.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $157.02, indicating a potential downside of 0.19%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Truist Financial pays out -157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 52.1% 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. Truist Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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