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United Bankshares (UBSI) Competitors

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UBSI vs. FFBC, FRME, HWC, RNST, SSB, 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), Renasant (RNST), SouthState (SSB), 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

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership 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
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.54$228.83M$2.5010.39
United Bankshares$1.63B3.27$373M$2.8313.26

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

First Financial Bancorp. currently has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.18%. United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.95%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than United Bankshares.

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

77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term 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
First Financial Bancorp.19.41% 10.57% 1.42%
United Bankshares 23.14%7.65%1.26%

In the previous week, United Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than First Financial Bancorp.. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for United Bankshares and 6 mentions for First Financial Bancorp.. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.84 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares pays out 52.3% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and United Bankshares has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years. United Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

United Bankshares beats First Financial Bancorp. on 11 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$5.32B$2.00B$12.64B$10.18B
Dividend Yield3.95%2.59%5.40%4.60%
P/E Ratio13.2811.90244.0826.02
Price / Sales3.272.6230.8291.38
Price / Cash12.6912.9219.2529.91
Price / Book1.021.242.316.25
Net Income$373M$156.23M$1.01B$270.76M
7 Day Performance-1.81%-0.57%0.75%2.54%
1 Month Performance1.71%3.68%3.28%5.73%
1 Year Performance1.13%18.47%543.66%25.85%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.4092 of 5 stars
$37.52
-1.5%
$40.50
+7.9%
+0.9%$5.32B$1.63B13.282,553Positive News
Ex-Dividend
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4077 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+3.3%$2.52B$1.62B10.542,090Positive News
Short Interest ↑
FRME
First Merchants
4.9242 of 5 stars
$40.89
-0.3%
$48.25
+18.0%
+9.0%$2.36B$1.07B10.592,120Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6157 of 5 stars
$62.90
+0.3%
$68.25
+8.5%
+26.9%$5.33B$2.06B11.583,476Positive News
RNST
Renasant
3.4961 of 5 stars
$39.35
-0.3%
$41.67
+5.9%
+18.1%$3.74B$771.83M12.032,330Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.5951 of 5 stars
$102.17
-0.8%
$115.27
+12.8%
+6.7%$10.34B$2.12B14.685,030Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.4415 of 5 stars
$39.38
-0.5%
$42.00
+6.7%
-7.7%$1.51B$564.96M11.551,206Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.6256 of 5 stars
$36.52
+0.4%
$40.67
+11.4%
+6.8%$2.74B$1.03B15.882,720Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9754 of 5 stars
$32.13
-0.5%
$38.83
+20.9%
+2.6%$3.08B$953.62M19.362,195Positive News
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CBU
Community Financial System
4.693 of 5 stars
$60.23
+0.5%
$68.00
+12.9%
+2.2%$3.18B$940.71M16.412,918Ex-Dividend
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.7036 of 5 stars
$29.58
-1.0%
$33.20
+12.3%
+11.1%$5.83B$1.47B13.512,552Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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