Head to Head Contrast: Beacon Financial (BBT) and Its Rivals

Beacon Financial (NYSE:BBT) is one of 925 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Beacon Financial to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beacon Financial and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beacon Financial	$882.68 million	$90.27 million	24.17
Beacon Financial Competitors	$9.83 billion	$2.39 billion	22.59

Beacon Financial’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Beacon Financial. Beacon Financial is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Beacon Financial and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beacon Financial	8.96%	9.15%	1.01%
Beacon Financial Competitors	14.93%	9.46%	0.92%

Risk & Volatility

Beacon Financial has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beacon Financial’s peers have a beta of 0.59, meaning that their average share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Beacon Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Beacon Financial pays out 97.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.8% and pay out 29.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Beacon Financial lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Beacon Financial and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beacon Financial	0	4	3	0	2.43
Beacon Financial Competitors	7351	29653	27045	1353	2.34

Beacon Financial presently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Beacon Financial’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beacon Financial has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.1% of Beacon Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Beacon Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by 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.

Summary

Beacon Financial peers beat Beacon Financial on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Beacon Financial Company Profile

Truist Financial Corp. operates as a financial holding company, which engages in the provision of banking services to individuals, businesses and municipalities. The firm offers a variety of loans and lease financing to individuals and entities, including insurance premium financing, permanent commercial real estate financing arrangements, loan servicing for third-party investors, direct consumer finance loans to individuals, credit card lending, automobile financing and equipment financing. It also markets a range of other services, including deposits, life insurance, property and casualty insurance, health Truist Financial Corp. operates as a financial holding company. It engages in the provision of banking services to individuals, businesses and municipalities. The company operates through the following segments: Consumer Banking and Wealth; Corporate and Commercial Banking; and Insurance Holdings. The firm offers a variety of loans and lease financing to individuals and entities, including insurance premium financing, permanent commercial real estate financing arrangements, loan servicing for third-party investors, direct consumer finance loans to individuals, credit card lending, automobile financing and equipment financing. It also markets a range of other services, including deposits, life insurance, property and casualty insurance, health insurance and commercial general liability insurance on an agency basis and through a wholesale insurance brokerage operation, merchant services, trust and retirement services, comprehensive wealth advisory services, asset management and capital markets services. The company was founded on December 6, 2019 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. insurance and commercial general liability insurance on an agency basis and through a wholesale insurance brokerage operation, merchant services, trust and retirement services, comprehensive wealth advisory services, asset management and capital markets services. The company was founded on December 6, 2019 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.