FFIN vs. GBCI, UBSI, COLB, HOMB, IBOC, ABCB, UCBI, FBP, FIBK, and TCBI
Should you be buying First Financial Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Bankshares include Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 30.03% compared to First Financial Bankshares' net margin of 16.40%. Glacier Bancorp's return on equity of 14.28% beat First Financial Bankshares' return on equity.
Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 75.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bankshares pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bankshares has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Glacier Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $40.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.15%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus price target of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.50%. Given First Financial Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Glacier Bancorp is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
In the previous week, First Financial Bankshares had 8 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Financial Bankshares and 4 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 1.35 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Bankshares received 52 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.19% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.52% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Glacier Bancorp beats First Financial Bankshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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