FFIN vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, CFR, and WTFC
Should you be buying First Financial Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Bankshares include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), and Wintrust Financial (WTFC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Financial Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Regions Financial has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 6 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Regions Financial and 6 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.37 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% 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.
Regions Financial currently has a consensus target price of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.27%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bankshares pays out 46.9% 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. Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and First Financial Bankshares has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Regions Financial received 630 more outperform votes than First Financial Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 48.75% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.
Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Regions 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.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 29.69% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 20.20%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 14.24% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Regions Financial beats First Financial Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FFIN) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff