FFIN vs. UBSI, OZK, GBCI, WTFC, PB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, and FHN
Should you be buying First Financial Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Bankshares include United Bankshares (UBSI), Bank OZK (OZK), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), 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.
United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, United Bankshares had 6 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for United Bankshares and 13 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat United Bankshares' score of 0.68 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Bankshares has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. United Bankshares pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bankshares pays out 51.4% 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. United Bankshares has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years and First Financial Bankshares has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. United Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
United Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $39.20, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus target price of $35.33, indicating a potential downside of 10.46%. Given First Financial Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
First Financial Bankshares received 43 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.29% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote while only 47.28% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 29.13% compared to First Financial Bankshares' net margin of 22.44%. United Bankshares' return on equity of 14.01% beat First Financial Bankshares' return on equity.
United Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. United Bankshares 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
United Bankshares beats First Financial Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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