UBSI vs. KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, ZION, and CBSH
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), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
United Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. KeyCorp has a consensus target price of $19.44, indicating a potential upside of 6.10%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than United Bankshares.
United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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 26 consecutive years.
United Bankshares has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KeyCorp received 951 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.77% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 46.78% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, KeyCorp had 23 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for KeyCorp and 3 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.28 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
KeyCorp beats United Bankshares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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