KEY vs. RF, FHN, HBAN, WBS, CFR, ZION, PNFP, BOKF, SNV, and ONB
Should you be buying KeyCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KeyCorp include Regions Financial (RF), First Horizon (FHN), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Webster Financial (WBS), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
KeyCorp has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of KeyCorp 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 7.53%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.28% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, KeyCorp had 3 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for KeyCorp and 12 mentions for Regions Financial. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.63 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KeyCorp presently has a consensus price target of $15.71, indicating a potential upside of 4.57%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $20.34, indicating a potential upside of 3.03%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than Regions Financial.
KeyCorp received 216 more outperform votes than Regions Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 62.86% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote.
Summary
KeyCorp beats Regions Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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