OZK vs. UBSI, FFIN, FHB, CFG, EWBC, WAL, CBSH, WTFC, SSB, and PB
Should you be buying Bank OZK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank OZK include United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), First Hawaiian (FHB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), SouthState (SSB), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank OZK vs.
Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
Bank OZK presently has a consensus price target of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.63%. United Bankshares has a consensus price target of $40.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Bank OZK's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank OZK is more favorable than United Bankshares.
United Bankshares received 95 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.95% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote while only 45.67% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bank OZK had 2 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bank OZK and 2 mentions for United Bankshares. Bank OZK's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat United Bankshares' score of 1.01 indicating that Bank OZK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bank OZK pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares pays out 56.1% 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. Bank OZK has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years and United Bankshares has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.
86.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank OZK has higher revenue and earnings than United Bankshares. Bank OZK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank OZK has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bankshares has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank OZK has a net margin of 26.07% compared to United Bankshares' net margin of 22.05%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 14.15% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.
Summary
Bank OZK beats United Bankshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OZK) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
