SHG vs. RF, HBAN, KEY, FHN, WBS, CMA, CFR, ZION, PNFP, and BOKF
Should you be buying Shinhan Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shinhan Financial Group include Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Comerica (CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), and BOK Financial (BOKF). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Regions Financial currently has a consensus target price of $20.34, indicating a potential upside of 0.79%. Given Shinhan Financial Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Shinhan Financial Group.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 19.7% 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 increased 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.
Regions Financial received 651 more outperform votes than Shinhan Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Regions Financial and 0 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 19.75% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 13.45%. Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity of 13.28% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
Shinhan Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Regions Financial. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regions Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Shinhan Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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