GBCI vs. FFIN, COLB, UBSI, HOMB, IBOC, ABCB, OZK, UCBI, FBP, and TCBI
Should you be buying Glacier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glacier Bancorp include First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Columbia Banking System (COLB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Bank OZK (OZK), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) and Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
First Financial Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $31.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.41%. Glacier Bancorp has a consensus price target of $40.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Given First Financial Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Glacier Bancorp is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.
Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. Glacier Bancorp 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.
In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat First Financial Bankshares' score of 1.12 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Bankshares received 52 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.19% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.52% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote.
69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Financial Bankshares pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glacier Bancorp pays out 75.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bankshares has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 30.03% compared to First Financial Bankshares' net margin of 16.40%. Glacier Bancorp's return on equity of 14.28% beat First Financial Bankshares' return on equity.
Summary
First Financial Bankshares beats Glacier Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GBCI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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