SFNC vs. FULT, FFBC, TBBK, FRME, CBU, NBTB, WSBC, UMBF, BANF, and CHCO
Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include Fulton Financial (FULT), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Bancorp (TBBK), First Merchants (FRME), Community Bank System (CBU), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), WesBanco (WSBC), UMB Financial (UMBF), BancFirst (BANF), and City (CHCO). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Simmons First National vs.
Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Simmons First National presently has a consensus price target of $25.17, indicating a potential upside of 40.75%. Fulton Financial has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.84%. Given Simmons First National's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than Fulton Financial.
Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Simmons First National pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 35.7% 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. Fulton Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Simmons First National. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fulton Financial and 3 mentions for Simmons First National. Simmons First National's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Fulton Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that Simmons First National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
13.3% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Simmons First National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Simmons First National. Fulton Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fulton Financial has a net margin of 24.14% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 20.55%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 13.03% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
Simmons First National has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Simmons First National received 1 more outperform votes than Fulton Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.81% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote while only 47.69% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Simmons First National and Fulton Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SFNC 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.
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