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

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), Renasant (RNST), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), WesBanco (WSBC), Community Financial System (CBU), Home BancShares (HOMB), and KeyCorp (KEY). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

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$1.63B3.13$373M$2.8312.67
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.49$228.83M$2.5010.07

United Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.91%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $29.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. United Bankshares pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% 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%

In the previous week, United Bankshares and United Bankshares both had 5 articles in the media. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat United Bankshares' score of 0.69 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

United Bankshares has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial 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.

Summary

United Bankshares and First Financial Bancorp. tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UBSI vs. The Competition

MetricUnited BanksharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.08B$1.90B$12.61B$10.51B
Dividend Yield4.10%2.72%5.60%4.80%
P/E Ratio12.6711.4230.0127.36
Price / Sales3.132.6229.75196.40
Price / Cash12.2412.3522.4961.53
Price / Book0.971.192.326.82
Net Income$373M$158.22M$1.02B$276.89M
7 Day Performance-3.70%-0.90%-0.06%0.27%
1 Month Performance-3.45%-1.92%-0.23%8.31%
1 Year Performance-5.38%10.63%536.77%35.60%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8371 of 5 stars
$35.87
-3.2%
$40.50
+12.9%
-1.1%$5.08B$1.63B12.672,553
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8694 of 5 stars
$26.01
-0.2%
$29.80
+14.6%
+0.9%$2.49B$1.62B10.402,090Analyst Downgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.9391 of 5 stars
$38.49
+1.3%
$48.00
+24.7%
-0.2%$2.22B$637.74M9.972,120News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.3811 of 5 stars
$63.08
+0.9%
$70.00
+11.0%
+17.9%$5.35B$2.06B11.623,476Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
RNST
Renasant
4.2853 of 5 stars
$37.27
+1.2%
$43.00
+15.4%
+11.2%$3.54B$771.83M11.402,330Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.8151 of 5 stars
$37.71
+0.9%
$42.00
+11.4%
-10.1%$1.45B$384.51M11.061,206
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.4225 of 5 stars
$34.37
-0.2%
$41.00
+19.3%
-1.8%$2.58B$1.03B14.942,720News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9507 of 5 stars
$33.45
+2.0%
$38.83
+16.1%
+10.6%$3.21B$762.17M20.152,195Upcoming Earnings
CBU
Community Financial System
4.831 of 5 stars
$59.04
+0.5%
$68.00
+15.2%
-3.6%$3.12B$780.73M16.092,918News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HOMB
Home BancShares
4.2049 of 5 stars
$28.20
+0.4%
$33.00
+17.0%
+5.2%$5.56B$1.03B12.882,552News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8832 of 5 stars
$18.53
-0.5%
$20.47
+10.5%
+3.6%$20.32B$9.24B-264.7116,753Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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