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United Bankshares (UBSI) Competitors

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$41.35 -0.34 (-0.82%)
(As of 05:27 PM ET)

UBSI vs. KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CBSH, WTFC, CFR, and ZION

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

United Bankshares vs.

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

70.8% of United Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 17 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for KeyCorp and 6 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat KeyCorp's score of 1.06 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KeyCorp
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Bankshares has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

United Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $40.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.27%. KeyCorp has a consensus target price of $19.16, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than United Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
KeyCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

United Bankshares has a net margin of 22.05% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 0.76%. KeyCorp's return on equity of 8.24% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Bankshares22.05% 7.58% 1.23%
KeyCorp 0.76%8.24%0.56%

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. United Bankshares pays out 56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out 8,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Bankshares has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and KeyCorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

KeyCorp received 931 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 46.78% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United BanksharesOutperform Votes
269
46.78%
Underperform Votes
306
53.22%
KeyCorpOutperform Votes
1200
61.92%
Underperform Votes
738
38.08%

KeyCorp has higher revenue and earnings than United Bankshares. United Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KeyCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Bankshares$1.54B3.66$366.31M$2.6415.76
KeyCorp$10.40B1.77$967M$0.011,858.00

Summary

KeyCorp beats United Bankshares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UBSI vs. The Competition

MetricUnited BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.63B$3.02B$10.54B$9.18B
Dividend Yield3.55%3.42%10.49%4.06%
P/E Ratio15.7617.2642.9013.97
Price / Sales3.662.613,437.22165.80
Price / Cash13.5811.3230.9135.60
Price / Book1.181.352.954.98
Net Income$366.31M$406.76M$1.02B$223.34M
7 Day Performance-1.02%-0.63%-0.26%1.38%
1 Month Performance-0.07%1.83%1.41%6.96%
1 Year Performance17.68%28.67%20.75%30.30%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.9869 of 5 stars
$41.35
-0.8%
$40.25
-2.7%
+17.9%$5.59B$1.54B15.662,635Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9557 of 5 stars
$19.17
-1.6%
$18.26
-4.7%
+42.3%$19.00B$10.40B1,916.0017,333Positive News
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.6895 of 5 stars
$108.72
-0.9%
$102.25
-6.0%
+53.5%$15.07B$3.99B13.853,206Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
FHN
First Horizon
4.5714 of 5 stars
$20.90
-1.1%
$19.08
-8.7%
+51.8%$11.08B$3.17B15.317,378Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9091 of 5 stars
$61.15
-1.0%
$57.85
-5.4%
+25.3%$10.48B$3.94B14.014,261Analyst Upgrade
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.6346 of 5 stars
$93.57
0.0%
$92.73
-0.9%
+65.6%$10.30B$4.32B14.453,260Positive News
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
3.9707 of 5 stars
$126.19
-0.7%
$108.70
-13.9%
+53.2%$9.75B$2.79B24.173,357Positive News
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.1841 of 5 stars
$73.75
-0.2%
$61.79
-16.2%
+32.0%$9.46B$1.95B19.214,728Insider Trade
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8446 of 5 stars
$137.45
-0.4%
$123.00
-10.5%
+49.8%$9.14B$3.33B14.455,521Positive News
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.3305 of 5 stars
$140.29
-0.2%
$123.86
-11.7%
+34.8%$9.00B$2.65B17.455,495Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.416 of 5 stars
$60.23
-0.5%
$55.13
-8.5%
+52.0%$8.90B$4.62B13.789,679

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 12/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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