Beacon Financial (NYSE:BBT – Get Free Report) is one of 926 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Beacon Financial to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Beacon Financial and its competitors, 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 | 7346 | 29640 | 27025 | 1351 | 2.34 |
Beacon Financial presently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.34%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Beacon Financial’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beacon Financial has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Beacon Financial | $882.68 million | $90.27 million | 23.83 |
| Beacon Financial Competitors | $9.83 billion | $2.39 billion | 22.61 |
Beacon Financial’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Beacon Financial. Beacon Financial is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
83.1% of Beacon Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Beacon Financial has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beacon Financial’s competitors have a beta of 0.59, indicating that their average share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Beacon Financial and its competitors’ 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% |
Dividends
Beacon Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 9.6% and pay out 32.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Beacon Financial lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Summary
Beacon Financial competitors 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.
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