FCNCA vs. MTB, FITB, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, BPOP, WTFC, SSB, STT, and NTRS
Should you be buying First Citizens BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Citizens BancShares include M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), State Street (STT), and Northern Trust (NTRS). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. M&T Bank pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 0.8% 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. M&T Bank has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of M&T Bank 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 is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 14 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for M&T Bank and 12 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.34 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
M&T Bank currently has a consensus price target of $158.48, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $1,768.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.68%. Given First Citizens BancShares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than First Citizens BancShares.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 51.04% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 19.52%. M&T Bank's return on equity of 13.52% beat First Citizens BancShares' return on equity.
First Citizens BancShares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than M&T Bank. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M&T Bank received 54 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.91% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote while only 46.48% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
First Citizens BancShares beats M&T Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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