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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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 25 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 9 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 0.75 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Citizens BancShares
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock 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 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 Whitney23.28% 11.21% 1.35%
First Citizens BancShares 17.10%11.98%1.16%

Hancock Whitney presently has a consensus target price of $66.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus target price of $2,299.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.28%. Given Hancock Whitney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than First Citizens BancShares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hancock Whitney
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
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 3.0%. 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 4.5% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Citizens BancShares has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% 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.

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$2.06B2.51$460.82M$5.4311.09
First Citizens BancShares$14.97B1.89$2.78B$174.6412.16

Summary

Hancock Whitney and First Citizens BancShares tied by winning 10 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$28.09B$2.00B$12.11B$9.41B
Dividend Yield0.37%2.60%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.1612.2218.3720.09
Price / Sales1.892.3426.0799.01
Price / Cash9.0012.5621.6858.27
Price / Book1.261.222.315.65
Net Income$2.78B$154.64M$997.60M$257.91M
7 Day Performance0.28%1.41%0.42%2.09%
1 Month Performance15.08%9.05%4.37%11.13%
1 Year Performance15.87%18.19%541.75%18.40%

First Citizens BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9312 of 5 stars
$2,123.59
+0.5%
$2,299.50
+8.3%
+15.2%$28.09B$14.97B12.1617,475Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8302 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+10.5%$5.13B$1.45B11.063,476Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9417 of 5 stars
$196.35
-0.1%
$206.35
+5.1%
+9.1%$77.67B$34.44B13.8755,184Trending News
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7324 of 5 stars
$45.18
-0.8%
$48.44
+7.2%
+4.5%$59.16B$13.36B13.3338,335News Coverage
Earnings Report
MTB
M&T Bank
4.8481 of 5 stars
$200.66
-0.9%
$211.48
+5.4%
+18.9%$32.21B$13.45B13.4422,354Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9349 of 5 stars
$43.07
-0.8%
$47.53
+10.4%
+3.9%$28.75B$8.29B13.6718,616Trending News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9798 of 5 stars
$17.54
flat
$18.33
+4.5%
+17.6%$25.62B$7.55B13.3919,932Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RF
Regions Financial
4.8766 of 5 stars
$24.57
-0.9%
$26.15
+6.4%
+11.1%$22.09B$9.37B11.8119,644Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7703 of 5 stars
$18.31
-0.8%
$18.97
+3.6%
+13.4%$20.07B$9.24B-107.7116,753Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.0814 of 5 stars
$107.81
-1.0%
$108.38
+0.5%
+33.3%$14.86B$4.53B12.873,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FHN
First Horizon
4.7817 of 5 stars
$21.83
-0.8%
$22.47
+2.9%
+34.9%$11.16B$3.09B15.167,252Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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