WTFC vs. FFIN, SBNY, HOMB, GBCI, UBSI, BPOP, WAL, SSB, PB, and UCBI
Should you be buying Wintrust Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wintrust Financial include First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Signature Bank (SBNY), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), Popular (BPOP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), SouthState (SSB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Wintrust Financial vs.
First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) and Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
First Financial Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $40.83, suggesting a potential upside of 27.05%. Wintrust Financial has a consensus target price of $105.20, suggesting a potential upside of 48.38%. Given Wintrust Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wintrust Financial is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Financial Bankshares pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wintrust Financial pays out 20.0% 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. First Financial Bankshares has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Wintrust Financial has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Wintrust Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 5 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 6 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Wintrust Financial's score of 0.73 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wintrust Financial received 123 more outperform votes than First Financial Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.
53.9% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Wintrust Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Wintrust Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 41.53% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 23.08%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 17.98% beat Wintrust Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Wintrust Financial beats First Financial Bankshares on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WTFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Wintrust Financial Competitors List
