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United Bankshares (UBSI) Competitors

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$38.40 +0.36 (+0.93%)
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UBSI vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, PNFP, WAL, WTFC, and CBSH

Should you be buying United Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Bankshares include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

United Bankshares vs. Its Competitors

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of United Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Bankshares has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

United Bankshares has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 21.43%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.04% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Bankshares22.35% 7.36% 1.21%
Regions Financial 21.43%13.04%1.36%

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 25 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Regions Financial and 10 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.98 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regions Financial
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $40.63, indicating a potential upside of 5.78%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $26.15, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regions Financial 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
Regions Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. United Bankshares pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% 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 Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than United Bankshares. Regions Financial 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$1.63B3.36$373M$2.6914.28
Regions Financial$7.12B3.12$1.89B$2.0811.87

Summary

Regions Financial beats United Bankshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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UBSI vs. The Competition

MetricUnited BanksharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.46B$1.97B$12.04B$9.01B
Dividend Yield3.89%2.64%5.57%4.04%
P/E Ratio14.2812.4820.0720.30
Price / Sales3.362.6625.91103.84
Price / Cash12.9012.3721.5057.47
Price / Book1.041.222.285.68
Net Income$373M$154.64M$1.00B$249.13M
7 Day Performance5.42%4.04%2.21%3.30%
1 Month Performance7.52%7.97%4.45%5.20%
1 Year Performance20.43%29.11%540.85%21.38%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.217 of 5 stars
$38.41
+0.9%
$40.63
+5.8%
+20.4%$5.46B$1.63B14.282,553Positive News
Analyst Revision
RF
Regions Financial
4.8904 of 5 stars
$22.67
+2.1%
$25.80
+13.8%
+24.1%$20.38B$9.37B10.9019,644Analyst Forecast
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9048 of 5 stars
$16.50
+2.1%
$18.92
+14.7%
+29.4%$18.08B$9.24B-97.0416,753News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7491 of 5 stars
$97.51
+2.6%
$107.85
+10.6%
+49.9%$13.44B$4.53B11.643,100Analyst Forecast
FHN
First Horizon
4.599 of 5 stars
$20.24
+1.5%
$22.53
+11.3%
+40.9%$10.27B$5.03B14.067,252Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SSB
SouthState
4.3596 of 5 stars
$88.28
+2.7%
$116.27
+31.7%
+27.4%$8.96B$1.88B12.685,030Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.8802 of 5 stars
$53.15
+2.2%
$63.75
+19.9%
+35.1%$8.94B$2.62B11.974,407News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.6406 of 5 stars
$107.54
+2.5%
$121.27
+12.8%
+50.7%$8.34B$3.07B17.403,565News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9842 of 5 stars
$74.82
+1.9%
$97.77
+30.7%
+32.9%$8.26B$5.08B10.263,524Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.4479 of 5 stars
$122.43
+1.7%
$135.77
+10.9%
+34.5%$8.19B$3.97B12.115,903
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.615 of 5 stars
$61.36
+1.0%
$63.80
+4.0%
+16.3%$8.19B$2.09B14.864,687Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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