Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AUB or FBP?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of First BanCorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of First BanCorp. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AUB or FBP?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First BanCorp. has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AUB or FBP?

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than First BanCorp.. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 2 mentions for First BanCorp.. First BanCorp.'s average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 0.06 indicating that First BanCorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First BanCorp.	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AUB or FBP a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First BanCorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First BanCorp. pays out 36.6% 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 analysts recommend AUB or FBP?

Atlantic Union Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. First BanCorp. has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.50%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than First BanCorp..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
First BanCorp.	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AUB or FBP?

First BanCorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. First BanCorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, 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
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$1.05B	2.90	$201.82M	$2.72	12.42
First BanCorp.	$1.16B	2.65	$302.86M	$1.75	10.34

Is AUB or FBP more profitable?

First BanCorp. has a net margin of 25.82% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 19.51%. First BanCorp.'s return on equity of 21.58% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares	19.51%	9.47%	1.12%
First BanCorp.	25.82%	21.58%	1.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AUB or FBP?

First BanCorp. received 265 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 61.26% of users gave First BanCorp. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 18 64.29%	Underperform Votes 10 35.71%
First BanCorp.	Outperform Votes 283 61.26%	Underperform Votes 179 38.74%

Summary

First BanCorp. beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.