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NASDAQ:SFNC

Simmons First National (SFNC) Competitors

$17.88
+1.17 (+7.00%)
(As of 06/2/2023 06:55 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$16.94
$17.98
50-Day Range
$14.95
$17.93
52-Week Range
$14.68
$25.78
Volume
744,300 shs
Average Volume
598,345 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.28 billion
P/E Ratio
9.66
Dividend Yield
4.47%
Price Target
$25.17

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Simmons First National
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Fulton Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Simmons First National
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fulton Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Simmons First National$1.03 billion2.21$256.41 million$1.859.66
Fulton Financial$1.09 billion1.85$286.98 million$1.687.27

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Simmons First National 20.55% 8.52% 1.02%
Fulton Financial 24.14% 13.03% 1.16%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Simmons First NationalOutperform Votes
269
49.81%
Underperform Votes
271
50.19%
Fulton FinancialOutperform Votes
268
47.69%
Underperform Votes
294
52.31%

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.
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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.
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SFNC vs. The Competition

MetricSimmons First NationalNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.28B$14.64B$6.01B$6.26B
Dividend Yield4.47%4.18%371.82%6.52%
P/E Ratio9.666.49160.1914.83
Price / Sales2.212.146,258.2297.65
Price / Cash7.357.1932.32103.52
Price / Book0.680.992.456.90
Net Income$256.41M$2.01B$642.14M$192.79M
7 Day Performance5.55%2.49%8.71%8.41%
1 Month Performance11.68%4.86%6.00%10.24%
1 Year Performance-29.66%-15.32%10.46%1.02%

Simmons First National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FULT
Fulton Financial
2.4487 of 5 stars
$11.39
-0.5%
$15.50
+36.1%
-22.0%$1.88B$1.09B6.783,300
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
2.5538 of 5 stars
$19.70
+0.2%
$24.00
+21.8%
+0.4%$1.87B$774.65M7.552,108
TBBK
Bancorp
2.3373 of 5 stars
$32.68
-1.1%
$39.00
+19.3%
+63.4%$1.79B$413.98M12.29650Analyst Upgrade
FRME
First Merchants
2.9469 of 5 stars
$27.14
-0.6%
$44.67
+64.6%
-29.2%$1.62B$712.95M6.842,124Positive News
CBU
Community Bank System
2.5083 of 5 stars
$50.61
+2.2%
$59.80
+18.2%
-21.0%$2.72B$702.45M18.683,026Positive News
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
2.4186 of 5 stars
$34.74
-0.4%
$42.17
+21.4%
-1.4%$1.49B$539.65M10.221,861
WSBC
WesBanco
2.677 of 5 stars
$24.46
+0.1%
$31.57
+29.1%
-21.9%$1.45B$631.05M8.072,426
UMBF
UMB Financial
2.8142 of 5 stars
$59.58
-0.1%
$83.80
+40.7%
-31.0%$2.89B$1.69B6.933,770
BANF
BancFirst
1.8957 of 5 stars
$88.10
+2.4%
$89.00
+1.0%
-2.0%$2.90B$603.57M13.742,051
CHCO
City
1.7327 of 5 stars
$89.55
-0.4%
$90.33
+0.9%
+14.1%$1.35B$261.77M12.76897Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:SFNC) was last updated on 6/5/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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