Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) Competitors

Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is GBCI or FFIN more profitable?

First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 30.03% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 16.40%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 14.28% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	16.40%	6.51%	0.70%
First Financial Bankshares	30.03%	14.28%	1.54%

Do analysts prefer GBCI or FFIN?

Glacier Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $40.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus target price of $31.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.41%. Given Glacier Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Glacier Bancorp is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
First Financial Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to GBCI or FFIN?

In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 1.57 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
First Financial Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GBCI or FFIN?

Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Glacier Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glacier Bancorp	$1.14B	3.92	$222.93M	$1.75	22.45
First Financial Bankshares	$636.07M	7.14	$198.98M	$1.40	22.70

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GBCI or FFIN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 260 50.19%	Underperform Votes 258 49.81%
First Financial Bankshares	Outperform Votes 312 49.52%	Underperform Votes 318 50.48%

Which has more risk & volatility, GBCI or FFIN?

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GBCI or FFIN a better dividend stock?

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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GBCI or FFIN?

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Glacier Bancorp and First Financial Bankshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.