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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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

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$1.45B3.65$460.82M$5.4211.41
First Citizens BancShares$14.97B1.89$2.78B$174.6412.22

Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Citizens BancShares had 4 more articles in the media than Hancock Whitney. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Citizens BancShares and 8 mentions for Hancock Whitney. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 0.77 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Citizens BancShares
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 23.15% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 17.10%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 11.98% beat Hancock Whitney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hancock Whitney23.15% 11.43% 1.34%
First Citizens BancShares 17.10%11.98%1.16%

Hancock Whitney presently has a consensus target price of $63.29, suggesting a potential upside of 2.30%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus target price of $2,299.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.74%. Given First Citizens BancShares' higher possible 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
First Citizens BancShares
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

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 33.2% 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. Hancock Whitney has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats Hancock Whitney on 12 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FCNCA vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Citizens BancSharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$28.39B$2.00B$12.03B$8.99B
Dividend Yield0.38%2.63%5.55%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.2312.4620.0220.13
Price / Sales1.892.5425.45172.83
Price / Cash8.7912.4921.4557.97
Price / Book1.271.212.275.61
Net Income$2.78B$154.64M$990.08M$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.92%-0.02%-0.13%4.36%
1 Month Performance14.66%5.51%2.76%6.87%
1 Year Performance22.43%27.47%540.07%20.78%

First Citizens BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9716 of 5 stars
$2,134.26
+1.8%
$2,299.50
+7.7%
+21.9%$28.39B$14.97B12.2317,475Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6123 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+31.6%$4.92B$2.06B10.593,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9555 of 5 stars
$186.54
+0.4%
$202.67
+8.6%
+21.6%$73.79B$21.11B13.1761,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
TFC
Truist Financial
4.6066 of 5 stars
$43.05
+1.0%
$48.44
+12.5%
+16.1%$56.38B$24.25B12.7052,600Analyst Upgrade
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6291 of 5 stars
$194.06
+0.1%
$210.88
+8.7%
+33.7%$31.15B$9.30B13.0022,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8713 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.9%
$47.53
+15.6%
+19.9%$27.45B$13.28B13.0619,300Upcoming Earnings
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8232 of 5 stars
$16.76
+1.0%
$18.08
+7.9%
+34.3%$24.48B$11.96B12.7920,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.8951 of 5 stars
$23.54
+0.8%
$25.80
+9.6%
+22.8%$21.16B$9.37B11.3220,100Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8797 of 5 stars
$17.45
+1.3%
$18.92
+8.4%
+29.4%$19.12B$9.24B-102.6517,500Analyst Upgrade
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7443 of 5 stars
$100.98
-0.1%
$107.85
+6.8%
+49.3%$13.92B$4.53B12.053,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FHN
First Horizon
4.5096 of 5 stars
$21.23
+0.9%
$22.53
+6.1%
+41.7%$10.77B$5.03B14.747,252Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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