FBP vs. TCBI, UCBI, FIBK, CATY, ABCB, IBOC, BOH, CVBF, INDB, and COLB
Should you be buying First BanCorp. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First BanCorp. include Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), United Community Banks (UCBI), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Independent Bank (INDB), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Texas Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBI) and First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
96.9% of Texas Capital Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of First BanCorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Texas Capital Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of First BanCorp. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Texas Capital Bancshares received 240 more outperform votes than First BanCorp. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.26% of users gave First BanCorp. an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Texas Capital Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Texas Capital Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than First BanCorp.. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Texas Capital Bancshares and 20 mentions for First BanCorp.. Texas Capital Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat First BanCorp.'s score of 0.22 indicating that First BanCorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Texas Capital Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $63.58, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. First BanCorp. has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.75%. Given First BanCorp.'s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Texas Capital Bancshares is more favorable than First BanCorp..
First BanCorp. has a net margin of 25.82% compared to First BanCorp.'s net margin of 9.66%. Texas Capital Bancshares' return on equity of 21.58% beat First BanCorp.'s return on equity.
Texas Capital Bancshares has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First BanCorp. has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First BanCorp. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Texas Capital Bancshares. First BanCorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Capital Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First BanCorp. beats Texas Capital Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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