FBK vs. WAL, BPOP, WTFC, PB, SSB, CADE, OZK, HOMB, UBSI, and FFIN
Should you be buying FB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FB Financial include Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), Cadence Bank (CADE), Bank OZK (OZK), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), and First Financial Bankshares (FFIN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) and FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FB Financial pays out 28.6% 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. Western Alliance Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and FB Financial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Western Alliance Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 266 more outperform votes than FB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than FB Financial. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a net margin of 16.50% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 14.90%. FB Financial's return on equity of 14.77% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.
79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of FB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of FB Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation and Western Alliance Bancorporation both had 2 articles in the media. FB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's score of 1.27 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FB Financial has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Alliance Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $72.47, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. FB Financial has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Given FB Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than FB Financial.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats FB Financial on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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