UCB vs. WF, IREN, COOP, CIB, BSAC, ALLY, SSB, UWMC, BLSH, and CHYM
Should you be buying United Community Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Community Banks include Woori Bank (WF), IREN (IREN), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Grupo Cibest (CIB), Banco Santander Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), SouthState Bank (SSB), UWM (UWMC), Bullish (BLSH), and Chime Financial (CHYM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
United Community Banks vs. Its Competitors
United Community Banks (NYSE:UCB) and Woori Bank (NYSE:WF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
United Community Banks has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woori Bank has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Community Banks and United Community Banks both had 3 articles in the media. United Community Banks' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Woori Bank's score of 0.70 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Woori Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Woori Bank has higher revenue and earnings than United Community Banks. Woori Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Woori Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woori Bank pays out 17.0% 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.
United Community Banks has a net margin of 17.93% compared to Woori Bank's net margin of 11.84%. United Community Banks' return on equity of 8.91% beat Woori Bank's return on equity.
United Community Banks presently has a consensus target price of $34.57, suggesting a potential upside of 7.93%. Given United Community Banks' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe United Community Banks is more favorable than Woori Bank.
Summary
United Community Banks beats Woori Bank on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:UCB) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
