VLY vs. UMBF, BANF, FNB, WSFS, FULT, CBU, BANC, ONB, SFNC, and FFBC
Should you be buying Valley National Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valley National Bancorp include UMB Financial (UMBF), BancFirst (BANF), F.N.B. (FNB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Fulton Financial (FULT), Community Bank System (CBU), Banc of California (BANC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Simmons First National (SFNC), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY) and UMB Financial (NASDAQ:UMBF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Valley National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than UMB Financial. Valley National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of UMB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of UMB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valley National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. UMB Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Valley National Bancorp pays out 51.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UMB Financial pays out 20.7% 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.
UMB Financial received 247 more outperform votes than Valley National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.47% of users gave UMB Financial an outperform vote while only 23.88% of users gave Valley National Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, UMB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Valley National Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for UMB Financial and 5 mentions for Valley National Bancorp. Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat UMB Financial's score of 0.72 indicating that Valley National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valley National Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $9.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. UMB Financial has a consensus price target of $92.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.80%. Given Valley National Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Valley National Bancorp is more favorable than UMB Financial.
Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMB Financial has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UMB Financial has a net margin of 14.59% compared to Valley National Bancorp's net margin of 12.88%. UMB Financial's return on equity of 14.30% beat Valley National Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
UMB Financial beats Valley National Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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