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First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) Competitors

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FCNCA vs. HWC, PNC, TFC, MTB, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, and FHN

Should you be buying First Citizens BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Citizens BancShares include Hancock Whitney (HWC), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), and First Horizon (FHN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Citizens BancShares vs. Its Competitors

Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Hancock Whitney presently has a consensus target price of $67.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus target price of $2,291.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.36%. Given First Citizens BancShares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hancock Whitney
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
First Citizens BancShares
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hancock Whitney pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.6% 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. Hancock Whitney has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 23.28% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 16.37%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 11.32% beat Hancock Whitney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hancock Whitney23.28% 11.21% 1.35%
First Citizens BancShares 16.37%11.32%1.08%

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 3 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 18 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 1.22 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
Hancock Whitney
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Citizens BancShares
17 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Hancock Whitney. Hancock Whitney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Citizens BancShares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hancock Whitney$2.06B2.60$460.82M$5.4311.62
First Citizens BancShares$14.97B1.73$2.78B$169.4611.82

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats Hancock Whitney on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCNCA vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Citizens BancSharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.26B$2.06B$12.53B$9.80B
Dividend Yield0.38%2.56%5.43%4.02%
P/E Ratio11.8211.9719.4326.59
Price / Sales1.732.4826.33168.41
Price / Cash8.6513.0422.1759.36
Price / Book1.211.202.366.68
Net Income$2.78B$156.23M$1.01B$265.59M
7 Day Performance3.40%4.11%2.27%3.42%
1 Month Performance-2.27%2.76%2.27%1.09%
1 Year Performance1.28%17.81%540.60%23.84%

First Citizens BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9859 of 5 stars
$2,003.45
-1.4%
$2,291.17
+14.4%
+3.7%$26.26B$14.97B11.8217,475Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4265 of 5 stars
$60.68
+1.4%
$66.71
+9.9%
+22.0%$5.07B$2.06B10.923,476News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8531 of 5 stars
$192.06
+0.4%
$214.17
+11.5%
+15.2%$75.32B$34.44B13.1455,184Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.6587 of 5 stars
$44.37
-0.1%
$48.65
+9.6%
+6.6%$57.28B$24.25B12.0938,335
MTB
M&T Bank
4.5615 of 5 stars
$190.60
+0.3%
$212.88
+11.7%
+20.9%$29.70B$13.45B12.1422,354Positive News
Insider Trade
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.3687 of 5 stars
$42.77
+0.7%
$47.80
+11.8%
+9.1%$28.12B$13.28B13.2818,616News Coverage
Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.7863 of 5 stars
$16.68
+0.7%
$18.68
+12.0%
+22.0%$24.17B$11.96B12.3619,932News Coverage
Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.9124 of 5 stars
$25.70
+0.4%
$27.33
+6.4%
+20.7%$22.84B$9.37B11.9519,644Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.79 of 5 stars
$18.17
+0.7%
$19.39
+6.7%
+16.3%$19.78B$9.24B13.2716,753Positive News
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.0662 of 5 stars
$102.15
+0.9%
$114.15
+11.8%
+29.7%$13.95B$2.69B11.933,100News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
FHN
First Horizon
4.7886 of 5 stars
$21.99
+0.6%
$23.28
+5.9%
+40.9%$11.09B$5.03B14.197,252News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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