BANF vs. FULT, CBU, SFNC, FFBC, FRME, TBBK, WSBC, TRMK, NBTB, and UMBF
Should you be buying BancFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BancFirst include Fulton Financial (FULT), Community Bank System (CBU), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
51.7% of BancFirst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 33.9% of BancFirst shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial 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.
BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. BancFirst pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 42.2% 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.
In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 8 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Fulton Financial and 16 mentions for BancFirst. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Fulton Financial's score of 0.44 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
BancFirst currently has a consensus target price of $85.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.00%. Fulton Financial has a consensus target price of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Fulton Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.
BancFirst has a net margin of 26.25% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 18.31%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.85% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity.
BancFirst has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fulton Financial received 49 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.32% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
BancFirst beats Fulton Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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