First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) Competitors

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, RF or FFIN?

Regions Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RF or FFIN?

79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer RF or FFIN?

Regions Financial currently has a consensus target price of $26.42, indicating a potential upside of 35.93%. First Financial Bankshares has a consensus target price of $40.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.81%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regions Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
First Financial Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is RF or FFIN more profitable?

First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 29.69% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 20.20%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 14.24% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regions Financial	20.20%	12.83%	1.32%
First Financial Bankshares	29.69%	14.24%	1.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RF or FFIN?

Regions Financial received 624 more outperform votes than First Financial Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.65% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 48.90% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 936 62.65%	Underperform Votes 558 37.35%
First Financial Bankshares	Outperform Votes 312 48.90%	Underperform Votes 326 51.10%

Is RF or FFIN a better dividend stock?

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Regions Financial pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bankshares pays out 46.2% 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and First Financial Bankshares has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RF or FFIN?

Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regions Financial	$7.08B	2.48	$1.89B	$1.94	10.02
First Financial Bankshares	$537.04M	8.66	$223.51M	$1.56	20.84

Does the media favor RF or FFIN?

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 18 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Regions Financial and 6 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.07 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Financial Bankshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Regions Financial beats First Financial Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.