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$43.28 -0.91 (-2.06%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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NBTB vs. FFBC, HOPE, NWBI, SFNC, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, WSBC, CBU, and PRK

Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WesBanco (WSBC), Community Financial System (CBU), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

NBT Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Financial Bancorp. presently has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.53%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. Given NBT Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
NBT Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 53.4% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and NBT Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.56$228.83M$2.5010.54
NBT Bancorp$788.49M2.88$140.64M$2.7715.62

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 1 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 6 mentions for NBT Bancorp. NBT Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.96 indicating that NBT Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Financial Bancorp.
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NBT Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 19.41% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 16.10%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.57% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial Bancorp.19.41% 10.57% 1.42%
NBT Bancorp 16.10%9.81%1.10%

First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats NBT Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NBTB vs. The Competition

MetricNBT BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.27B$945.87M$12.77B$10.46B
Dividend Yield3.42%2.99%5.43%4.57%
P/E Ratio15.6217.24243.8726.86
Price / Sales2.882.3231.30125.79
Price / Cash12.0022.8319.8331.15
Price / Book1.341.162.336.42
Net Income$140.64M$54.35M$1.01B$271.73M
7 Day Performance1.12%0.80%0.51%2.82%
1 Month Performance-3.57%0.58%1.94%6.60%
1 Year Performance-4.31%12.59%541.31%28.60%

NBT Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
4.4851 of 5 stars
$43.28
-2.1%
$52.00
+20.1%
-4.3%$2.27B$788.49M15.622,083Positive News
High Trading Volume
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4463 of 5 stars
$25.51
-1.7%
$29.40
+15.2%
+3.6%$2.49B$1.62B10.202,090
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.909 of 5 stars
$10.88
-0.5%
$13.25
+21.8%
-14.9%$1.40B$1.00B31.091,244Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.7489 of 5 stars
$12.43
-0.7%
$15.00
+20.7%
-6.4%$1.83B$756.21M11.102,027
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.8194 of 5 stars
$19.98
-2.4%
$22.75
+13.9%
-7.1%$2.96B$1.46B15.732,946Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.3831 of 5 stars
$38.56
-1.3%
$42.00
+8.9%
-9.2%$1.50B$564.96M11.311,206Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.6406 of 5 stars
$35.54
-1.0%
$40.67
+14.4%
+4.9%$2.69B$1.03B15.452,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5109 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.7%
$40.50
+9.0%
-0.8%$5.30B$1.63B13.132,553Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9933 of 5 stars
$31.35
-0.8%
$38.83
+23.9%
+5.7%$3.03B$953.62M18.892,195Trending News
CBU
Community Financial System
4.3447 of 5 stars
$57.97
-1.5%
$68.00
+17.3%
+3.2%$3.11B$940.71M15.802,918
PRK
Park National
2.0632 of 5 stars
$166.27
-1.6%
$177.75
+6.9%
-3.0%$2.67B$543.45M17.861,790Trending News

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