First Interstate BancSystem (NASDAQ:FIBK) Vs. PNC, TFC, SIVB, FITB, FRC, KEY, HBAN, RF, MTB, and SBNY
Should you be buying First Interstate BancSystem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Interstate BancSystem include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), M&T Bank (MTB), and Signature Bank (SBNY). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Interstate BancSystem vs.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) and First Interstate BancSystem (NASDAQ:FIBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Truist Financial currently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. First Interstate BancSystem has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.95%. Given First Interstate BancSystem's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Interstate BancSystem is more favorable than Truist Financial.
Truist Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Interstate BancSystem. First Interstate BancSystem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Truist Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Truist Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Interstate BancSystem pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Truist Financial pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Interstate BancSystem pays out 53.9% 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. Truist Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Interstate BancSystem has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Interstate BancSystem is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Truist Financial had 30 more articles in the media than First Interstate BancSystem. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Truist Financial and 6 mentions for First Interstate BancSystem. First Interstate BancSystem's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Truist Financial's score of -0.18 indicating that First Interstate BancSystem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Interstate BancSystem has a net margin of 28.45% compared to Truist Financial's net margin of 25.94%. Truist Financial's return on equity of 12.11% beat First Interstate BancSystem's return on equity.
Truist Financial has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Interstate BancSystem has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
71.9% of Truist Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Truist Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Truist Financial received 472 more outperform votes than First Interstate BancSystem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.62% of users gave Truist Financial an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave First Interstate BancSystem an outperform vote.
Summary
Truist Financial beats First Interstate BancSystem 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 FIBK 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.
First Interstate BancSystem (NASDAQ:FIBK) vs. Its Competitors
First Interstate BancSystem Competitors List
