FCNCA vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS
Should you be buying First Citizens BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Citizens BancShares include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Citizens BancShares vs.
First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 648 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.12% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 55.86% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
First Citizens BancShares presently has a consensus price target of $2,243.64, indicating a potential upside of 5.31%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $200.81, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
In the previous week, First Citizens BancShares had 1 more articles in the media than The PNC Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Citizens BancShares and 10 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group. First Citizens BancShares' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.21 indicating that First Citizens BancShares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Citizens BancShares has a net margin of 17.36% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 14.97%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 13.63% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 54.1% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. The PNC Financial Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Citizens BancShares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The PNC Financial Services Group. First Citizens BancShares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First Citizens BancShares beats The PNC Financial Services Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
