FCNCA vs. CFG, ALLY, CBSH, WAL, PNC, TFC, FITB, MTB, HBAN, and RF
Should you be buying First Citizens BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Citizens BancShares include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Ally Financial (ALLY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), and Regions Financial (RF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Citizens BancShares currently has a consensus price target of $1,829.90, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $37.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.
61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. First Citizens BancShares pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 60.9% 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.
In the previous week, First Citizens BancShares had 8 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Citizens BancShares and 4 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 0.73 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Citizens BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.22% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 11.52%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 15.48% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
Citizens Financial Group received 342 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
Summary
First Citizens BancShares beats Citizens Financial Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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