MTB vs. FCNCA, FITB, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, BPOP, WTFC, STT, NTRS, and CFG
Should you be buying M&T Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&T Bank include First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), and Citizens Financial Group (CFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
M&T Bank currently has a consensus target price of $158.48, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus target price of $1,829.90, suggesting a potential upside of 5.35%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than M&T Bank.
M&T Bank has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Citizens BancShares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than M&T Bank. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. M&T Bank pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 3.6% 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.
M&T Bank received 53 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote while only 46.29% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
M&T Bank has a net margin of 19.52% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 18.22%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 15.75% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 5 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for M&T Bank and 24 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.58 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Citizens BancShares beats M&T Bank on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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