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UBSI vs. FFBC, FRME, HWC, PPBI, RNST, STBA, TOWN, WSBC, CBU, and HOMB

Should you be buying United Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Bankshares include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Renasant (RNST), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), WesBanco (WSBC), Community Financial System (CBU), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

United Bankshares vs. Its Competitors

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. United Bankshares pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 38.4% 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 increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. United Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

United Bankshares has a net margin of 23.14% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 19.41%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.57% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Bankshares23.14% 7.65% 1.26%
First Financial Bancorp. 19.41%10.57%1.42%

United Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bancorp.. First Financial 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Bankshares$1.63B3.32$373M$2.8313.45
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.55$228.83M$2.5010.48

70.8% of United Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

United Bankshares has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

United Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.44%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 12.26%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than United Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, United Bankshares and United Bankshares both had 7 articles in the media. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 1.40 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Bankshares
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Financial Bancorp.
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

United Bankshares beats First Financial Bancorp. on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UBSI vs. The Competition

MetricUnited BanksharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.43B$2.05B$12.61B$9.77B
Dividend Yield3.86%2.55%5.43%4.49%
P/E Ratio13.4511.92228.9326.60
Price / Sales3.322.4531.55175.38
Price / Cash13.0013.0619.0628.92
Price / Book1.001.192.336.56
Net Income$373M$156.23M$1.01B$266.04M
7 Day Performance-1.63%-0.46%-0.22%-0.58%
1 Month Performance8.62%6.54%4.16%6.24%
1 Year Performance-0.57%17.86%541.30%22.21%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.3942 of 5 stars
$38.05
+0.1%
$40.50
+6.4%
-2.2%$5.43B$1.63B13.452,553Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4537 of 5 stars
$26.48
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.0%
-0.7%$2.54B$1.62B10.592,110News Coverage
FRME
First Merchants
4.7294 of 5 stars
$41.52
-0.2%
$48.25
+16.2%
+5.7%$2.40B$1.07B10.762,120News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.399 of 5 stars
$62.92
-0.3%
$67.63
+7.5%
+15.9%$5.33B$1.47B11.593,476Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.0084 of 5 stars
$24.49
+0.3%
$27.50
+12.3%
-4.4%$2.38B$905.41M17.251,430News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RNST
Renasant
3.5323 of 5 stars
$39.10
-0.3%
$41.67
+6.6%
+10.6%$3.72B$771.83M11.962,330Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.7858 of 5 stars
$39.51
-0.5%
$42.00
+6.3%
-8.6%$1.52B$564.96M11.591,206News Coverage
Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7536 of 5 stars
$36.69
-0.1%
$40.67
+10.8%
+5.0%$2.75B$749.92M15.952,720News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WSBC
WesBanco
4.8672 of 5 stars
$32.80
+0.3%
$38.83
+18.4%
+0.6%$3.15B$953.62M19.762,430Positive News
CBU
Community Financial System
4.746 of 5 stars
$59.86
-1.1%
$68.00
+13.6%
-2.9%$3.16B$940.71M16.313,030News Coverage
Positive News
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.8862 of 5 stars
$29.74
-0.1%
$33.20
+11.7%
+5.9%$5.86B$1.47B13.582,552News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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