Contrasting Patriot National Bancorp (NASDAQ:PNBK) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG)

Patriot National Bancorp (NASDAQ:PNBK) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Patriot National Bancorp has a beta of -0.63, indicating that its share price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Patriot National Bancorp and Citizens Financial Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patriot National Bancorp	-35.17%	-37.63%	-2.08%
Citizens Financial Group	14.17%	7.48%	0.78%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Patriot National Bancorp and Citizens Financial Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patriot National Bancorp	1	0	0	0	1.00
Citizens Financial Group	0	5	15	2	2.86

Citizens Financial Group has a consensus target price of $57.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.82%. Given Citizens Financial Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Patriot National Bancorp.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.3% of Patriot National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Patriot National Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Patriot National Bancorp and Citizens Financial Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Patriot National Bancorp	$60.72 million	3.17	-$39.88 million	($2.70)	-0.62
Citizens Financial Group	$12.36 billion	2.08	$1.51 billion	$3.57	16.77

Citizens Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Patriot National Bancorp. Patriot National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Citizens Financial Group beats Patriot National Bancorp on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Patriot National Bancorp

Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Patriot Bank, N.A. that provides community banking services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, and professionals. The company accepts consumer and commercial deposit accounts, such as checking, interest-bearing negotiable order of withdrawal, money market, time certificates of deposit, savings, prepaid deposit, on-line national money market, individual retirement accounts, and health savings accounts, as well as certificate of deposit account registry service. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate, commercial business, small business administration, construction, purchased residential real estate, and various consumer loans. The company also offers automated clearing house transfers, lockbox, internet banking, bill payment, remote deposit capture, debit card, money order, traveler's check, and automatic teller machine services. Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

About Citizens Financial Group

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company that provides retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, corporations, and institutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking. The Consumer Banking segment offers deposit products, mortgage and home equity lending products, credit cards, business loans, wealth management, and investment services; and auto, education, and point-of-sale finance loans, as well as digital deposit products. This segment serves its customers through telephone service centers, as well as through its online and mobile platforms. The Commercial Banking segment provides various financial products and solutions, including lending and leasing, deposit and treasury management services, foreign exchange, and interest rate and commodity risk management solutions, as well as syndicated loans, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity capital markets services. This segment serves corporate banking, healthcare, technology, asset finance, franchise finance, leasing, asset-based lending, commercial real estate, mid-corporate, and private equity sponsor industries. The company was formerly known as RBS Citizens Financial Group, Inc. and changed its name to Citizens Financial Group, Inc. in April 2014. Citizens Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1828 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.