FULT vs. BANF, WSFS, CSFL, WAFD, SFNC, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying Fulton Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fulton Financial include BancFirst (BANF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Centerstate Bank (CSFL), WaFd (WAFD), Simmons First National (SFNC), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) and BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fulton Financial pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst pays out 28.1% 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.
Fulton Financial received 50 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.32% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of BancFirst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fulton Financial currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.89%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $85.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Given Fulton Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BancFirst. Fulton Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BancFirst has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 18.31%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.62% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, BancFirst had 4 more articles in the media than Fulton Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BancFirst and 4 mentions for Fulton Financial. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Fulton Financial's score of 1.11 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BancFirst beats Fulton Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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