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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

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

First Citizens BancShares presently has a consensus price target of $2,227.69, suggesting a potential upside of 33.44%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $69.86, suggesting a potential upside of 27.11%. Given First Citizens BancShares' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Citizens BancShares
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Hancock Whitney
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are held 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.

First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 19 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 8 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 0.70 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Citizens BancShares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hancock Whitney
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 23.99% 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
First Citizens BancShares16.37% 11.32% 1.08%
Hancock Whitney 23.99%11.29%1.38%

First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 32.2% 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. First Citizens BancShares has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Hancock Whitney has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

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
First Citizens BancShares$14.97B1.44$2.78B$169.469.85
Hancock Whitney$2.06B2.26$460.82M$5.599.83

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCNCA vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Citizens BancSharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$21.58B$1.84B$12.44B$10.48B
Dividend Yield0.45%2.68%5.55%4.78%
P/E Ratio9.8611.0732.6026.97
Price / Sales1.442.2929.84130.44
Price / Cash7.4312.4722.7962.13
Price / Book0.991.152.226.56
Net Income$2.78B$158.22M$1.02B$276.78M
7 Day Performance-1.90%-0.94%0.08%0.80%
1 Month Performance-11.34%-4.35%-1.70%4.02%
1 Year Performance-19.94%6.24%533.53%34.82%

First Citizens BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9993 of 5 stars
$1,669.41
+1.9%
$2,227.69
+33.4%
-19.8%$21.58B$14.97B9.8617,475News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6678 of 5 stars
$63.08
+0.9%
$70.00
+11.0%
+2.3%$5.30B$2.06B11.623,476News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9874 of 5 stars
$195.81
-1.3%
$217.11
+10.9%
-6.2%$78.16B$34.44B13.3955,184Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
TFC
Truist Financial
4.9508 of 5 stars
$45.39
-0.3%
$48.89
+7.7%
-7.9%$58.70B$24.25B12.3738,335News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9684 of 5 stars
$190.00
-2.3%
$216.61
+14.0%
-5.9%$30.40B$13.45B12.3122,354Trending News
Earnings Report
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9691 of 5 stars
$43.79
-1.4%
$49.47
+13.0%
-10.3%$29.39B$13.28B13.6018,616Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9972 of 5 stars
$16.71
-2.9%
$19.24
+15.1%
-3.0%$25.11B$11.96B12.3819,932Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.9916 of 5 stars
$25.86
-2.0%
$27.89
+7.9%
-2.7%$23.55B$9.37B12.0319,644Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9649 of 5 stars
$18.53
-0.5%
$20.47
+10.5%
-5.2%$20.43B$9.24B-264.7116,753Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.6523 of 5 stars
$107.45
+0.9%
$120.53
+12.2%
+2.9%$14.68B$4.53B12.553,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FHN
First Horizon
4.9916 of 5 stars
$23.07
+2.3%
$24.53
+6.3%
+14.5%$11.45B$5.03B14.887,252Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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