OZK vs. UBSI, FFIN, GBCI, NTRS, CFG, ALLY, EWBC, CBSH, WAL, and BPOP
Should you be buying Bank OZK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank OZK include United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Northern Trust (NTRS), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Bank OZK has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bankshares has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank OZK has a net margin of 28.54% compared to United Bankshares' net margin of 22.51%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 14.84% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.
86.2% of Bank OZK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Bank OZK had 11 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Bank OZK and 0 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Bank OZK's score of 0.57 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank OZK has higher revenue and earnings than United Bankshares. Bank OZK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank OZK presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.73%. United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.70%. Given Bank OZK's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank OZK is more favorable than United Bankshares.
United Bankshares received 96 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.70% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote while only 46.76% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.
Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Bank OZK pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares pays out 56.5% 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.
Summary
Bank OZK beats United Bankshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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