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$2,117.62 -14.07 (-0.66%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

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

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
First Citizens BancShares17.10% 11.98% 1.16%
Hancock Whitney 23.15%11.43%1.34%

78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Citizens BancShares presently has a consensus target price of $2,299.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.59%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus target price of $63.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.46%. Given First Citizens BancShares' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Hancock Whitney
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 6 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 9 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 0.66 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Citizens BancShares
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Hancock Whitney
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$14.97B1.88$2.78B$174.6412.13
Hancock Whitney$2.06B2.48$460.82M$5.4210.99

First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 33.2% 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 increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Hancock Whitney has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats Hancock Whitney on 11 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$28.14B$1.99B$12.00B$9.11B
Dividend Yield0.37%2.64%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.1312.3819.2020.26
Price / Sales1.882.4025.7199.74
Price / Cash9.0112.4121.4557.67
Price / Book1.261.212.285.49
Net Income$2.78B$154.64M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance1.13%-0.67%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance15.01%5.74%2.78%7.68%
1 Year Performance21.08%22.47%536.06%16.44%

First Citizens BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9214 of 5 stars
$2,117.62
-0.7%
$2,299.50
+8.6%
+21.2%$28.14B$14.97B12.1317,475Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.58 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+19.5%$5.13B$1.45B11.063,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8734 of 5 stars
$196.35
-0.1%
$206.35
+5.1%
+17.0%$77.67B$34.44B13.8755,184Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7133 of 5 stars
$45.18
-0.8%
$48.44
+7.2%
+12.6%$59.16B$13.36B13.3338,335News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
MTB
M&T Bank
4.7574 of 5 stars
$200.66
-0.9%
$211.48
+5.4%
+30.2%$32.21B$13.45B13.4422,354Upcoming Earnings
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.7365 of 5 stars
$43.07
-0.8%
$47.53
+10.4%
+14.4%$28.75B$8.29B13.6718,616Upcoming Earnings
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9266 of 5 stars
$17.54
flat
$18.33
+4.5%
+29.2%$25.62B$7.55B13.3919,932Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.8936 of 5 stars
$24.57
-0.9%
$26.15
+6.4%
+19.2%$22.09B$9.37B11.8119,644Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8323 of 5 stars
$18.31
-0.8%
$18.97
+3.6%
+21.2%$20.07B$9.24B-107.7116,753News Coverage
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EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.9979 of 5 stars
$107.81
-1.0%
$108.38
+0.5%
+41.2%$14.86B$4.53B12.873,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FHN
First Horizon
4.7679 of 5 stars
$21.83
-0.8%
$22.47
+2.9%
+32.0%$11.16B$3.09B15.167,252Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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