FULT vs. BANF, CBU, SFNC, FFBC, UMBF, FRME, TRMK, TBBK, NBTB, and WSBC
Should you be buying Fulton Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fulton Financial include BancFirst (BANF), Community Bank System (CBU), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), UMB Financial (UMBF), First Merchants (FRME), Trustmark (TRMK), Bancorp (TBBK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) and BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of BancFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fulton Financial received 50 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.32% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
Fulton Financial presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $85.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.69%. Given Fulton Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.
In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 1 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fulton Financial and 1 mentions for BancFirst. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat BancFirst's score of 0.00 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fulton Financial pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst pays out 28.1% 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.
BancFirst has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 18.31%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.62% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BancFirst. Fulton Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fulton Financial and BancFirst tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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