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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Hancock Whitney and First Citizens BancShares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff