Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AUB or FIBK?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AUB or FIBK?

Atlantic Union Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.22%. First Interstate BancSystem has a consensus target price of $30.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than First Interstate BancSystem.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
First Interstate BancSystem	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is AUB or FIBK a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Interstate BancSystem pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Interstate BancSystem pays out 74.9% 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.

Is AUB or FIBK more profitable?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 19.51% compared to First Interstate BancSystem's net margin of 17.76%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 9.47% beat First Interstate BancSystem's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares	19.51%	9.47%	1.12%
First Interstate BancSystem	17.76%	8.51%	0.88%

Which has more risk and volatility, AUB or FIBK?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Interstate BancSystem has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AUB or FIBK?

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than First Interstate BancSystem. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 1 mentions for First Interstate BancSystem. First Interstate BancSystem's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 1.75 indicating that First Interstate BancSystem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union 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
First Interstate BancSystem	1 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 stronger earnings & valuation, AUB or FIBK?

First Interstate BancSystem has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. First Interstate BancSystem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union 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
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$1.05B	2.64	$201.82M	$2.72	11.31
First Interstate BancSystem	$1.43B	1.88	$257.50M	$2.51	10.22

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AUB or FIBK?

First Interstate BancSystem received 248 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave First Interstate BancSystem an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 18 64.29%	Underperform Votes 10 35.71%
First Interstate BancSystem	Outperform Votes 266 51.45%	Underperform Votes 251 48.55%

Summary

Atlantic Union Bankshares beats First Interstate BancSystem on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.