FCF vs. ONB, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, GBCI, COLB, UMBF, IBOC, and ABCB
Should you be buying First Commonwealth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Commonwealth Financial include Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), UMB Financial (UMBF), International Bancshares (IBOC), and Ameris Bancorp (ABCB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) and Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old National Bancorp pays out 30.3% 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.
Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old National Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old National Bancorp received 91 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.34% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote.
72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 24.96% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 20.99%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 12.89% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.
First Commonwealth Financial currently has a consensus price target of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.36%. Old National Bancorp has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.56%. Given First Commonwealth Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Commonwealth Financial is more favorable than Old National Bancorp.
In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than First Commonwealth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.61 indicating that First Commonwealth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
First Commonwealth Financial and Old National Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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