COF vs. TFC, MFG, PNC, USB, HBAN, RF, SHG, KEY, C, and WFC
Should you be buying Capital One Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital One Financial include Truist Financial (TFC), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), KeyCorp (KEY), Citigroup (C), and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) and Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Capital One Financial has a net margin of 10.19% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of -4.28%. Capital One Financial's return on equity of 9.74% beat Truist Financial's return on equity.
Capital One Financial received 335 more outperform votes than Truist Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.97% of users gave Capital One Financial an outperform vote while only 55.61% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote.
Capital One Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Capital One Financial pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Truist Financial pays out -157.6% 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.
Capital One Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Truist Financial. Truist Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital One Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital One Financial has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Truist Financial has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Capital One Financial and Capital One Financial both had 13 articles in the media. Capital One Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Truist Financial's score of 0.23 indicating that Capital One Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.8% of Capital One Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Truist Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Capital One Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Truist Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Capital One Financial presently has a consensus price target of $138.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.84%. Truist Financial has a consensus price target of $42.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.19%. Given Truist Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Truist Financial is more favorable than Capital One Financial.
Summary
Capital One Financial beats Truist Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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