FCNCA vs. FITB, MTB, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, BPOP, STT, NTRS, DB, and CFG
Should you be buying First Citizens BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Citizens BancShares include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), and Citizens Financial Group (CFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 16 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.39 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Citizens BancShares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.22% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 17.70%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 16.11% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.
Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $1,829.90, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 561 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.15% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats First Citizens BancShares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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