正面对比：韦伯斯特金融（纽约证券交易所代码：WBS）与亨廷顿银行（纳斯达克股票代码：HBAN）

Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS – Get Rating) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Webster Financial and Huntington Bancshares, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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Webster Financial currently has a consensus target price of $60.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.43%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Webster Financial has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Webster Financial pays out 45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 42.8% 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. Huntington Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Webster Financial and Huntington Bancshares' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Webster Financial and Huntington Bancshares' revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Webster Financial. Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Webster Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Webster Financial beats Huntington Bancshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Webster Financial

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Webster Financial Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services to individuals, families, and businesses. It operates through the following business segments: Commercial Banking, HSA Bank, and Retail Banking. The Commercial Banking segment includes commercial banking and private banking. The HSA Bank segment offers comprehensive consumer directed healthcare solutions. The Retail Banking segment consists of consumer lending and small business banking units. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

About Huntington Bancshares

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Huntington Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company. It provides commercial and consumer banking services, mortgage banking services, automobile financing, recreational vehicle and marine financing, equipment leasing, investment management, trust services, brokerage services, insurance programs, other financial products and services. The firm operates through the following segments: Consumer & Business Banking, Commercial Banking, Commercial Real Estate & Vehicle Finance, Regional Banking & The Huntington Private Client Group, and Home Lending. The Consumer & Business Banking segment provides financial products and services to consumer and small business customers including but not limited to checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, investments, consumer loans, credit cards and small business loans. The Commercial Banking segment provides products and services to the middle market, large corporate, and government public sector customers located primarily within its geographic footprint. The segment is divided into following business units: Middle Market, Large Corporate, Specialty Banking, Asset Finance, Capital Markets, Treasu

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