UBSI vs. FFIN, GBCI, HOMB, COLB, IBOC, ABCB, UCBI, PB, SSB, and FBP
Should you be buying United Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Bankshares include First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), and First BanCorp. (FBP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. United Bankshares pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bankshares pays out 51.4% 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 a net margin of 30.03% compared to United Bankshares' net margin of 22.51%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 14.28% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.
70.8% of United Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United Bankshares has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. United Bankshares 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.
In the previous week, United Bankshares had 6 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for United Bankshares and 2 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat United Bankshares' score of 1.08 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Financial Bankshares received 43 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.52% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
United Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus price target of $31.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.41%. Given United Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
Summary
United Bankshares and First Financial Bankshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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