First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) Competitors

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) and BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FCF or BOKF?

72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.1% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate FCF or BOKF?

First Commonwealth Financial currently has a consensus price target of $18.92, suggesting a potential upside of 21.07%. BOK Financial has a consensus price target of $111.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.16%. Given First Commonwealth Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Commonwealth Financial is more favorable than BOK Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Commonwealth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
BOK Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Is FCF or BOKF a better dividend stock?

First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BOK Financial pays out 26.2% 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 Commonwealth Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and BOK Financial has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCF or BOKF?

BOK Financial received 112 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.95% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote while only 46.45% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Commonwealth Financial	Outperform Votes 287 52.95%	Underperform Votes 255 47.05%
BOK Financial	Outperform Votes 399 46.45%	Underperform Votes 460 53.55%

Does the media favor FCF or BOKF?

In the previous week, BOK Financial had 9 more articles in the media than First Commonwealth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BOK Financial and 1 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat BOK Financial's score of 1.45 indicating that First Commonwealth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Commonwealth Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BOK Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FCF or BOKF more profitable?

First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 20.38% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 15.32%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 10.36% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Commonwealth Financial	20.38%	10.36%	1.22%
BOK Financial	15.32%	9.86%	1.06%

Which has more risk and volatility, FCF or BOKF?

First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOK Financial has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FCF or BOKF?

BOK Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Commonwealth Financial. BOK Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Commonwealth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Commonwealth Financial	$479.86M	3.42	$142.57M	$1.34	11.66
BOK Financial	$1.98B	3.02	$523.57M	$8.70	10.71

Summary

First Commonwealth Financial and BOK Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.