OZK vs. FFIN, WTFC, HOMB, SBNY, GBCI, UBSI, BPOP, SSB, WAL, and PB
Should you be buying Bank OZK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank OZK include First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Signature Bank (SBNY), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), Popular (BPOP), SouthState (SSB), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank OZK vs.
First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) and Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Bank OZK has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Bank OZK 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.
First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First Financial Bankshares pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank OZK pays out 30.0% 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 Bankshares has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Bank OZK has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Bank OZK had 5 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bank OZK and 3 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Bank OZK's score of 0.59 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Bankshares received 142 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.47% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 41.53% compared to Bank OZK's net margin of 40.86%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 17.98% beat Bank OZK's return on equity.
53.9% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Financial Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $40.83, suggesting a potential upside of 29.55%. Bank OZK has a consensus price target of $46.33, suggesting a potential upside of 29.79%. Given Bank OZK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank OZK is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank OZK has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank OZK beats First Financial Bankshares on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
Bank OZK Competitors List
