RBCAA vs. UBSI, COLB, FNB, FFIN, GBCI, ABCB, BANF, IBOC, TCBI, and FBP
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include United Bankshares (UBSI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), BancFirst (BANF), International Bancshares (IBOC), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and First BanCorp. (FBP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Republic Bancorp vs.
United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of United Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Bankshares received 102 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.19% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. United Bankshares pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Bancorp pays out 29.7% 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. United Bankshares has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years and Republic Bancorp has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years.
United Bankshares has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Bankshares has a net margin of 22.94% compared to Republic Bancorp's net margin of 20.05%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 10.60% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, United Bankshares had 6 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for United Bankshares and 4 mentions for Republic Bancorp. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Republic Bancorp's score of 0.84 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $40.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Republic Bancorp has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Given United Bankshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
United Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Bancorp. Republic Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United Bankshares beats Republic Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RBCAA) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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