Old National Bancorp (ONB) Competitors

First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) and Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer FCNCA or ONB?

First Citizens BancShares currently has a consensus price target of $2,336.58, suggesting a potential upside of 21.81%. Old National Bancorp has a consensus price target of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.83%. Given First Citizens BancShares' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Old National Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Citizens BancShares	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Old National Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Is FCNCA or ONB a better dividend stock?

First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old National Bancorp pays out 32.6% 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 Citizens BancShares has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FCNCA or ONB?

78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FCNCA or ONB more profitable?

First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.55% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 18.24%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 13.22% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Citizens BancShares	18.55%	13.22%	1.30%
Old National Bancorp	18.24%	10.13%	1.13%

Does the media refer more to FCNCA or ONB?

In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 17 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 1.22 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Citizens BancShares	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Old National Bancorp	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FCNCA or ONB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Citizens BancShares	$9.59B	2.66	$2.78B	$174.64	10.98
Old National Bancorp	$1.93B	3.57	$539.19M	$1.72	12.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCNCA or ONB?

Old National Bancorp received 195 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.99% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Citizens BancShares	Outperform Votes 193 54.99%	Underperform Votes 158 45.01%
Old National Bancorp	Outperform Votes 388 54.88%	Underperform Votes 319 45.12%

Which has more volatility & risk, FCNCA or ONB?

First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Citizens BancShares beats Old National Bancorp on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.