SFNC vs. FFBC, FRME, CBU, TRMK, TBBK, NBTB, WSBC, BANF, CHCO, and FCF
Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Community Bank System (CBU), Trustmark (TRMK), Bancorp (TBBK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), WesBanco (WSBC), BancFirst (BANF), City (CHCO), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Simmons First National pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 37.1% 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.
27.6% of Simmons First National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Financial Bancorp. received 4 more outperform votes than Simmons First National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.47% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote while only 46.59% of users gave First Financial Bancorp. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 6 more articles in the media than Simmons First National. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 3 mentions for Simmons First National. Simmons First National's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.60 indicating that Simmons First National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Simmons First National. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simmons First National currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.94%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..
Simmons First National has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 20.74% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 11.97%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 11.22% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
Summary
First Financial Bancorp. beats Simmons First National on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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