FITB vs. FCNCA, MTB, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, STT, NTRS, CFG, DB, and ALLY
Should you be buying Fifth Third Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fifth Third Bancorp include First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), M&T Bank (MTB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), and Ally Financial (ALLY). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Citizens BancShares presently has a consensus price target of $1,829.90, suggesting a potential upside of 5.66%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.15%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.
First Citizens BancShares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fifth Third Bancorp. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fifth Third Bancorp received 561 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.15% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 18.22% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 17.70%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 16.11% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.
First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Citizens BancShares pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% 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 Citizens BancShares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 11 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 0.74 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
First Citizens BancShares and Fifth Third Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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