BOK Financial (BOKF) Competitors

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

Is BOKF or FCNCA a better dividend stock?

BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. BOK Financial pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.5% 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. BOK Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. BOK Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOKF or FCNCA?

BOK Financial received 206 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.83% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote while only 46.45% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BOK Financial	Outperform Votes 399 46.45%	Underperform Votes 460 53.55%
First Citizens BancShares	Outperform Votes 193 54.83%	Underperform Votes 159 45.17%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BOKF or FCNCA?

First Citizens BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than BOK Financial. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, 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
BOK Financial	$1.98B	3.07	$523.57M	$8.70	10.89
First Citizens BancShares	$9.59B	2.54	$2.78B	$174.64	10.50

Is BOKF or FCNCA more profitable?

First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.55% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 15.32%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 13.22% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOK Financial	15.32%	9.86%	1.06%
First Citizens BancShares	18.55%	13.22%	1.30%

Which has more volatility and risk, BOKF or FCNCA?

BOK Financial has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BOKF or FCNCA?

In the previous week, First Citizens BancShares had 2 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Citizens BancShares and 5 mentions for BOK Financial. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 1.55 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BOK Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
First Citizens BancShares	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate BOKF or FCNCA?

BOK Financial presently has a consensus price target of $111.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $2,340.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.68%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than BOK Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOK Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
First Citizens BancShares	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BOKF or FCNCA?

34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. 60.1% of BOK Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats BOK Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.