PNFP vs. ZION, BOKF, CFR, SNV, ONB, FNB, WBS, FHN, UMBF, and FULT
Should you be buying Pinnacle Financial Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle Financial Partners include Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), BOK Financial (BOKF), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), Webster Financial (WBS), First Horizon (FHN), UMB Financial (UMBF), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (NASDAQ:ZION) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a net margin of 18.59% compared to Zions Bancorporation, National Association's net margin of 13.23%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association's return on equity of 14.05% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.
Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus price target of $95.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.02%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a consensus price target of $43.16, suggesting a potential downside of 4.01%. Given Pinnacle Financial Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners is more favorable than Zions Bancorporation, National Association.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zions Bancorporation, National Association has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association received 300 more outperform votes than Pinnacle Financial Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.66% of users gave Pinnacle Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 54.34% of users gave Zions Bancorporation, National Association an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Zions Bancorporation, National Association had 19 more articles in the media than Pinnacle Financial Partners. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Zions Bancorporation, National Association and 4 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Zions Bancorporation, National Association's score of 0.94 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Zions Bancorporation, National Association shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zions Bancorporation, National Association has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle Financial Partners. Zions Bancorporation, National Association is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle Financial Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zions Bancorporation, National Association pays out 41.2% 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.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Zions Bancorporation, National Association on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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