First Horizon (FHN) Competitors

First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Do analysts prefer FHN or FCNCA?

First Horizon presently has a consensus price target of $16.36, indicating a potential upside of 4.22%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $1,829.90, indicating a potential upside of 2.91%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Horizon is more favorable than First Citizens BancShares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
First Citizens BancShares	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FHN or FCNCA?

First Horizon received 308 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 486 54.48%	Underperform Votes 406 45.52%
First Citizens BancShares	Outperform Votes 178 56.51%	Underperform Votes 137 43.49%

Does the media prefer FHN or FCNCA?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 4 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Horizon and 7 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat First Horizon's score of 0.29 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Horizon	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Citizens BancShares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FHN or FCNCA a better dividend stock?

First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Horizon pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 3.6% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FHN or FCNCA?

80.3% of First Horizon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Horizon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FHN or FCNCA?

First Citizens BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than First Horizon. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Horizon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Horizon	$5.03B	1.71	$897M	$1.43	10.98
First Citizens BancShares	$9.88B	2.61	$11.47B	$180.13	9.87

Which has more risk & volatility, FHN or FCNCA?

First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FHN or FCNCA more profitable?

First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.22% compared to First Horizon's net margin of 16.07%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 15.48% beat First Horizon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Horizon	16.07%	8.96%	0.92%
First Citizens BancShares	18.22%	15.48%	1.44%

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats First Horizon on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.