BANF vs. EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, and SNV
Should you be buying BancFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BancFirst include East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
BancFirst vs.
BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
51.7% of BancFirst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 33.9% of BancFirst shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to BancFirst's net margin of 23.52%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.71% beat BancFirst's return on equity.
BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. BancFirst pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.8% 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 increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BancFirst. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BancFirst has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BancFirst presently has a consensus target price of $113.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.39%. East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $110.38, suggesting a potential upside of 17.09%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than BancFirst.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for East West Bancorp and 2 mentions for BancFirst. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat BancFirst's score of 0.96 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
East West Bancorp received 340 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.14% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats BancFirst on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BANF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
