SNV vs. ONB, BOKF, FNB, PNFP, ZION, CFR, UMBF, WBS, BANF, and FULT
Should you be buying Synovus Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synovus Financial include Old National Bancorp (ONB), BOK Financial (BOKF), F.N.B. (FNB), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), UMB Financial (UMBF), Webster Financial (WBS), BancFirst (BANF), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Old National Bancorp pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synovus Financial 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. Synovus Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Synovus Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 6 mentions for Synovus Financial. Old National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Synovus Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Old National Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $18.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Synovus Financial has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.47%. Given Synovus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Old National Bancorp is more favorable than Synovus Financial.
Synovus Financial received 63 more outperform votes than Old National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.86% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote.
Old National Bancorp has a net margin of 20.99% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 13.29%. Old National Bancorp's return on equity of 12.93% beat Synovus Financial's return on equity.
Old National Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Synovus Financial. Old National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Synovus Financial beats Old National Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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