UBSI vs. HOMB, GBCI, FFIN, COLB, PB, IBOC, ABCB, SSB, WTFC, and UCBI
Should you be buying United Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Bankshares include Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), SouthState (SSB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares pays out 56.5% 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. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and United Bankshares has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had 6 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and 12 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 0.32 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 228 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s net margin of 22.51%. United Bankshares' return on equity of 10.52% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Bankshares. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bankshares has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.47%. United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $36.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Given Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats United Bankshares on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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