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NASDAQ:FFIN

First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) Competitors

$29.16
-0.39 (-1.32%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$28.92
$29.75
50-Day Range
$25.65
$31.25
52-Week Range
$25.01
$47.26
Volume
501,862 shs
Average Volume
613,073 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.16 billion
P/E Ratio
18.11
Dividend Yield
2.33%
Price Target
$34.13

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wintrust FinancialOutperform Votes
437
61.90%
Underperform Votes
269
38.10%
First Financial BanksharesOutperform Votes
312
50.73%
Underperform Votes
303
49.27%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wintrust Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Financial Bankshares
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wintrust Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
First Financial Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wintrust Financial 22.82% 12.84% 1.08%
First Financial Bankshares 39.69% 18.12% 1.77%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wintrust Financial$2.21 billion1.95$509.68 million$8.738.05
First Financial Bankshares$564.52 million7.37$234.48 million$1.6118.11

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.
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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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FFIN vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Financial BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.16B$2.34B$6.30B$6.29B
Dividend Yield2.27%15.99%10.05%6.19%
P/E Ratio18.118.08144.9913.44
Price / Sales7.372.246,277.4188.76
Price / Cash13.436.7633.23113.59
Price / Book3.291.021.875.30
Net Income$234.48M$382.76M$656.96M$193.23M
7 Day Performance3.04%2.94%33.50%1.51%
1 Month Performance9.21%11.47%19.42%5.17%
1 Year Performance-26.60%-14.79%11.46%3.11%

First Financial Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
3.6487 of 5 stars
$70.03
+6.3%
$94.73
+35.3%
-17.2%$4.29B$2.21B8.025,275Positive News
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
3.4031 of 5 stars
$39.57
+6.2%
$59.25
+49.7%
-50.6%$4.33B$2.21B4.523,365
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.5474 of 5 stars
$32.71
+4.8%
$39.00
+19.2%
-7.0%$4.41B$1.16B11.132,765News Coverage
Positive News
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
2.6365 of 5 stars
$34.08
+6.5%
$41.00
+20.3%
-26.9%$3.78B$950.37M12.723,552News Coverage
BPOP
Popular
2.7641 of 5 stars
$63.16
+3.1%
$70.00
+10.8%
-22.5%$4.55B$3.36B4.438,900
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
2.4412 of 5 stars
$23.39
+3.8%
$26.00
+11.2%
+9.2%$4.57B$1.01B13.842,774Positive News
COLB
Columbia Banking System
2.8915 of 5 stars
$23.15
+7.3%
$28.44
+22.9%
-21.1%$4.83B$745.63M9.772,093
SSB
SouthState
2.2998 of 5 stars
$69.04
+4.9%
$86.40
+25.1%
-9.9%$5.24B$1.72B9.824,921
UCBI
United Community Banks
2.6484 of 5 stars
$25.79
+6.6%
$31.80
+23.3%
-11.6%$2.97B$906.19M9.883,046Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.0492 of 5 stars
$46.98
+5.0%
N/A+18.5%$2.92B$746.75M8.422,169News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIN) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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