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.
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 24 more articles in the media than First Citizens BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 15 mentions for First Citizens BancShares. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 1.35 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than First Citizens BancShares. 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.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 4.1% 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 net margin of 18.55% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 17.10%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 13.22% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
The PNC Financial Services Group received 646 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $2,323.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.38%. Given First Citizens BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Citizens BancShares is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats First Citizens BancShares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FCNCA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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