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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. United Bankshares pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 39.8% 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.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 1 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 9 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.82 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Financial Bancorp.
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Bankshares has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock 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. 3.5% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$1.07B4.88$373M$2.6913.60
First Financial Bancorp.$840.71M2.71$228.83M$2.419.89

United Bankshares has a net margin of 22.35% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 18.65%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.44% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Bankshares22.35% 7.36% 1.21%
First Financial Bancorp. 18.65%10.44%1.38%

United Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $40.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.03%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $28.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.60%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

United Bankshares beats First Financial Bancorp. on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$5.24B$2.03B$12.31B$9.47B
Dividend Yield3.99%2.58%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio13.6012.2819.0619.95
Price / Sales4.882.5425.92101.76
Price / Cash12.5012.7421.8458.97
Price / Book0.991.212.275.90
Net Income$373M$154.64M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-1.90%-0.05%0.88%2.12%
1 Month Performance1.41%6.52%4.39%12.46%
1 Year Performance-4.54%13.90%540.85%19.56%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.9319 of 5 stars
$36.59
-0.7%
$40.63
+11.0%
-1.2%$5.24B$1.07B13.602,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4278 of 5 stars
$24.59
-1.1%
$28.75
+16.9%
-9.4%$2.35B$1.62B10.202,090News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
FRME
First Merchants
4.7254 of 5 stars
$40.90
+0.7%
$46.40
+13.4%
+0.3%$2.38B$633.33M11.492,120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8288 of 5 stars
$60.38
+0.3%
$66.71
+10.5%
+9.7%$5.17B$2.06B11.123,476Dividend Announcement
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.3018 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.7%
$27.25
+24.1%
-20.3%$2.13B$541.46M14.441,325News Coverage
Positive News
RNST
Renasant
3.9235 of 5 stars
$38.47
-0.9%
$41.00
+6.6%
+0.8%$3.66B$668.50M11.762,330Trending News
Analyst Forecast
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.8058 of 5 stars
$38.96
-0.4%
$42.00
+7.8%
-12.9%$1.49B$564.96M11.231,206Trending News
Earnings Report
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8294 of 5 stars
$35.78
-0.4%
$40.00
+11.8%
+12.9%$2.68B$1.03B15.162,720News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9547 of 5 stars
$32.67
-0.5%
$38.71
+18.5%
-4.0%$3.13B$953.62M21.352,195Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CBU
Community Financial System
4.6394 of 5 stars
$57.92
-0.9%
$71.00
+22.6%
-9.5%$3.06B$940.71M16.042,918Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.7815 of 5 stars
$29.84
-1.2%
$33.20
+11.3%
+4.0%$5.89B$1.47B13.632,552Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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