FFIN vs. WTFC, WAL, UBSI, GBCI, BPOP, HOMB, COLB, SSB, UCBI, and IBOC
Should you be buying First Financial Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Bankshares include Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Popular (BPOP), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), SouthState (SSB), United Community Banks (UCBI), and International Bancshares (IBOC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Financial Bankshares vs.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Wintrust Financial received 125 more outperform votes than First Financial Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 50.73% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wintrust Financial and Wintrust Financial both had 4 articles in the media. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat First Financial Bankshares' score of 1.02 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Wintrust Financial pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bankshares pays out 42.2% 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. Wintrust Financial has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and First Financial Bankshares has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Financial Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus target price of $94.73, suggesting a potential upside of 34.82%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus target price of $34.13, suggesting a potential upside of 17.03%. Given Wintrust Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wintrust Financial is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 39.69% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 22.82%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 18.12% beat Wintrust Financial's return on equity.
Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Wintrust Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wintrust Financial beats First Financial Bankshares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FFIN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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