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THFF vs. TBBK, SFNC, FFBC, FRME, RNST, SYBT, BANR, SBCF, TRMK, and WSBC

Should you be buying First Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial include Bancorp (TBBK), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Renasant (RNST), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Banner (BANR), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Trustmark (TRMK), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

First Financial vs.

First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) and Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

In the previous week, Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than First Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bancorp and 4 mentions for First Financial. First Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Bancorp's score of 0.47 indicating that First Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

First Financial presently has a consensus target price of $55.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.79%. Bancorp has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.53%. Given Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bancorp is more favorable than First Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Bancorp has a net margin of 30.97% compared to First Financial's net margin of 15.37%. Bancorp's return on equity of 27.33% beat First Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial15.37% 8.77% 0.93%
Bancorp 30.97%27.33%2.66%

First Financial has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancorp has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

72.7% of First Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Financial$231.89M2.59$47.28M$4.6210.97
Bancorp$575.31M4.17$217.54M$4.4311.59

Bancorp received 5 more outperform votes than First Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.61% of users gave First Financial an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First FinancialOutperform Votes
345
61.61%
Underperform Votes
215
38.39%
BancorpOutperform Votes
350
60.45%
Underperform Votes
229
39.55%

Summary

Bancorp beats First Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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THFF vs. The Competition

MetricFirst FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$604.88M$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield3.85%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio12.7623.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales2.613.0627.62120.53
Price / Cash8.4410.6317.6234.62
Price / Book1.141.192.774.50
Net Income$47.28M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-4.38%-2.97%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance10.36%4.41%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance32.54%15.59%536.61%7.30%

First Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THFF
First Financial
3.3095 of 5 stars
$50.70
-0.7%
$55.67
+9.8%
+32.5%$601.91M$231.89M12.70880Positive News
Gap Down
TBBK
Bancorp
3.1221 of 5 stars
$53.78
-0.3%
$67.00
+24.6%
+54.4%$2.51B$575.31M12.51720Analyst Downgrade
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.5279 of 5 stars
$19.90
-0.2%
$22.33
+12.2%
+4.9%$2.51B$777.54M16.453,200News Coverage
Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.2508 of 5 stars
$25.05
-0.2%
$29.25
+16.8%
+4.5%$2.40B$840.71M10.442,110
FRME
First Merchants
4.8774 of 5 stars
$39.37
+0.5%
$46.40
+17.9%
+9.7%$2.30B$633.33M11.512,120Positive News
Dividend Increase
RNST
Renasant
3.853 of 5 stars
$35.87
+0.0%
$41.00
+14.3%
+13.2%$2.28B$668.50M10.972,330Positive News
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
3.0978 of 5 stars
$76.50
+0.3%
$77.25
+1.0%
+54.4%$2.25B$355.24M19.671,040Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
BANR
Banner
2.8801 of 5 stars
$64.76
0.0%
$70.83
+9.4%
+35.2%$2.24B$618.20M13.271,930Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida
3.7913 of 5 stars
$25.72
-0.5%
$29.40
+14.3%
+3.2%$2.21B$530.52M17.991,490Dividend Announcement
TRMK
Trustmark
2.6512 of 5 stars
$35.97
-0.1%
$39.80
+10.6%
+14.8%$2.18B$476.55M9.882,740Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.8882 of 5 stars
$32.07
-0.2%
$38.71
+20.7%
+7.3%$2.15B$649.20M14.322,430Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:THFF) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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