UBSH vs. WBS, SSB, CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WAL, WTFC, UMBF, ZION, and BPOP
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include Webster Financial (WBS), SouthState (SSB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Union Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
85.6% of Webster Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Webster Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. Union Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Webster Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Webster Financial received 279 more outperform votes than Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 54.45% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Webster Financial pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 33.9% 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.
Webster Financial currently has a consensus price target of $63.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.93%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
Union Bankshares has a net margin of 24.34% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 18.39%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 10.82% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Webster Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Webster Financial and 0 mentions for Union Bankshares. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Webster Financial beats Union Bankshares on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UBSH) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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