Fulton Financial (FULT) Competitors $20.84 +0.13 (+0.63%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends FULT vs. BANF, WSFS, SFNC, WAFD, FRME, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, and PNFPShould you be buying Fulton Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fulton Financial include BancFirst (BANF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Simmons First National (SFNC), WaFd (WAFD), First Merchants (FRME), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Fulton Financial vs. BancFirst WSFS Financial Simmons First National WaFd First Merchants East West Bancorp First Horizon Webster Financial Western Alliance Bancorporation Pinnacle Financial Partners BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment. Is BANF or FULT more profitable? BancFirst has a net margin of 23.52% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 16.37%. BancFirst's return on equity of 13.92% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BancFirst23.52% 13.92% 1.64% Fulton Financial 16.37%11.33%1.05% Is BANF or FULT a better dividend stock? BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. BancFirst pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 43.0% 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. Does the media prefer BANF or FULT? In the previous week, BancFirst had 2 more articles in the media than Fulton Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BancFirst and 5 mentions for Fulton Financial. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat BancFirst's score of 0.79 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment BancFirst 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Fulton Financial 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in BANF or FULT? 51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of BancFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend BANF or FULT? BancFirst currently has a consensus target price of $102.50, suggesting a potential downside of 15.44%. Fulton Financial has a consensus target price of $18.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.63%. Given Fulton Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BancFirst 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.50Fulton Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.20 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BANF or FULT? Fulton Financial received 50 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.40% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 45.69% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBancFirstOutperform Votes22053.40% Underperform Votes19246.60% Fulton FinancialOutperform Votes27045.69% Underperform Votes32154.31% Which has more volatility and risk, BANF or FULT? BancFirst has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation and earnings, BANF or FULT? Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BancFirst. Fulton Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBancFirst$618.74M6.49$212.46M$6.2219.49Fulton Financial$1.50B2.53$284.28M$1.5813.19 SummaryBancFirst beats Fulton Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FULT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFulton FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$3.77B$22.46B$10.42B$8.89BDividend Yield3.28%3.15%10.14%4.06%P/E Ratio13.1927.7345.8613.30Price / Sales2.532.353,479.1581.01Price / Cash10.0810.9230.6936.03Price / Book1.261.253.775.74Net Income$284.28M$2.24B$1.02B$225.93M7 Day Performance-0.67%-0.79%-0.05%-1.32%1 Month Performance18.81%7.88%7.13%0.60%1 Year Performance48.43%33.52%24.11%26.23% Fulton Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FULTFulton Financial2.9584 of 5 stars$20.84+0.6%$18.83-9.6%+45.7%$3.77B$1.50B13.193,400Positive NewsBANFBancFirst2.7569 of 5 stars$121.21-0.2%$102.50-15.4%+39.2%$4.02B$618.74M19.492,109Short Interest ↓WSFSWSFS Financial3.9417 of 5 stars$57.50flat$59.75+3.9%+44.9%$3.39B$1.27B13.132,229Positive NewsSFNCSimmons First National4.0845 of 5 stars$24.11+0.2%$23.00-4.6%+46.7%$3.02B$1.37B23.643,007WAFDWaFd4.6159 of 5 stars$35.92-0.1%$38.00+5.8%+30.6%$2.92B$1.43B14.482,120FRMEFirst Merchants4.3513 of 5 stars$42.72-0.3%$41.60-2.6%+34.9%$2.51B$999.49M14.102,162EWBCEast West Bancorp4.0097 of 5 stars$105.50+1.2%$102.25-3.1%+71.1%$14.45B$3.99B13.323,206Positive NewsFHNFirst Horizon4.6144 of 5 stars$19.88-1.1%$18.38-7.5%+61.4%$10.66B$5.03B14.417,378Positive NewsWBSWebster Financial4.9127 of 5 stars$59.55-0.7%$57.85-2.9%+36.2%$10.28B$3.94B13.504,261Analyst DowngradeInsider TradePositive NewsWALWestern Alliance Bancorporation4.7842 of 5 stars$89.120.0%$92.73+4.1%+80.0%$9.81B$4.32B13.753,260Positive NewsPNFPPinnacle Financial Partners4.5045 of 5 stars$121.45-1.0%$108.70-10.5%+67.7%$9.47B$2.79B23.093,357Analyst DowngradeNews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BANF Competitors WSFS Competitors SFNC Competitors WAFD Competitors FRME Competitors EWBC Competitors FHN Competitors WBS Competitors WAL Competitors PNFP Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:FULT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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