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United Bankshares (UBSI) Competitors

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$38.00 +0.51 (+1.36%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

UBSI vs. KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, and ZION

Should you be buying United Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Bankshares include KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

United Bankshares vs.

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.

United Bankshares has a net margin of 22.05% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of 0.76%. KeyCorp's return on equity of 8.24% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Bankshares22.05% 7.58% 1.23%
KeyCorp 0.76%8.24%0.56%

KeyCorp received 938 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.87% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 46.78% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United BanksharesOutperform Votes
269
46.78%
Underperform Votes
306
53.22%
KeyCorpOutperform Votes
1207
61.87%
Underperform Votes
744
38.13%

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 13 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for KeyCorp and 7 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.94 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Bankshares
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KeyCorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $40.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.92%. KeyCorp has a consensus price target of $19.16, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than United Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
KeyCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Bankshares$1.03B4.99$366.31M$2.6414.39
KeyCorp$5.09B3.33$967M$0.011,709.00

United Bankshares has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. United Bankshares pays out 56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out 8,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Bankshares has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and KeyCorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Summary

KeyCorp beats United Bankshares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UBSI vs. The Competition

MetricUnited BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.14B$3.10B$10.99B$9.07B
Dividend Yield3.70%3.54%9.85%4.22%
P/E Ratio14.3916.5628.5417.19
Price / Sales4.993.2848.61116.80
Price / Cash13.2511.2830.3437.86
Price / Book1.071.262.734.78
Net Income$366.31M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.57%-4.75%-2.89%-1.24%
1 Month Performance-8.96%-4.99%-2.86%3.36%
1 Year Performance0.88%14.26%11.28%16.58%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.9492 of 5 stars
$38.00
+1.4%
$40.25
+5.9%
+1.3%$5.14B$1.03B14.392,635Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
High Trading Volume
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9713 of 5 stars
$18.27
+0.8%
$19.16
+4.9%
+21.5%$18.11B$10.40B1,823.0017,333Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.1965 of 5 stars
$101.59
+0.0%
$109.17
+7.5%
+35.6%$14.08B$2.55B12.753,206Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FHN
First Horizon
4.3672 of 5 stars
$20.29
+0.5%
$19.69
-2.9%
+45.9%$10.76B$3.17B14.637,378Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9169 of 5 stars
$59.04
+0.1%
$59.00
-0.1%
+9.3%$10.12B$3.94B13.514,261Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.8836 of 5 stars
$91.13
+1.6%
$93.40
+2.5%
+33.4%$10.03B$2.30B13.843,260Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.557 of 5 stars
$118.53
+0.7%
$113.64
-4.1%
+31.5%$9.16B$2.79B22.443,357Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.5887 of 5 stars
$139.51
+1.2%
$127.07
-8.9%
+26.0%$8.95B$2.65B17.105,495Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6165 of 5 stars
$131.62
+0.2%
$124.62
-5.3%
+35.1%$8.75B$3.33B13.765,521Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.4479 of 5 stars
$67.81
+0.4%
$65.07
-4.0%
+17.4%$8.70B$1.95B17.594,728Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.6409 of 5 stars
$57.54
-0.2%
$55.88
-2.9%
+26.2%$8.50B$4.62B13.149,679Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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