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United Bankshares (UBSI) Competitors

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$41.40 -0.47 (-1.12%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

UBSI vs. FFIN, OZK, GBCI, BPOP, FHB, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, and WAL

Should you be buying United Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Bankshares include First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Bank OZK (OZK), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Popular (BPOP), First Hawaiian (FHB), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

United Bankshares vs.

First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

69.8% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of First Financial Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares 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.

First Financial Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $37.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.07%. United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $40.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.78%. Given United Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than First Financial Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
United Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

First Financial Bankshares has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less 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.

In the previous week, United Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than First Financial Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for United Bankshares and 6 mentions for First Financial Bankshares. First Financial Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat United Bankshares' score of 1.27 indicating that First Financial Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Financial Bankshares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
United Bankshares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Financial Bankshares received 43 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.06% of users gave First Financial Bankshares an outperform vote while only 46.78% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Financial BanksharesOutperform Votes
312
49.06%
Underperform Votes
324
50.94%
United BanksharesOutperform Votes
269
46.78%
Underperform Votes
306
53.22%

First Financial Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Financial Bankshares pays out 49.7% 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. First Financial Bankshares has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and United Bankshares has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. United Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

United Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bankshares. United Bankshares 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Financial Bankshares$509.47M11.39$198.98M$1.4528.01
United Bankshares$1.54B3.64$366.31M$2.6415.68

First Financial Bankshares has a net margin of 28.76% compared to United Bankshares' net margin of 22.05%. First Financial Bankshares' return on equity of 13.43% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial Bankshares28.76% 13.43% 1.56%
United Bankshares 22.05%7.58%1.23%

Summary

United Bankshares beats First Financial Bankshares on 11 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$5.66B$3.16B$10.41B$8.87B
Dividend Yield3.53%3.51%10.14%4.06%
P/E Ratio15.6817.0347.1214.18
Price / Sales3.642.703,443.7889.42
Price / Cash13.6411.1230.7732.79
Price / Book1.131.292.485.12
Net Income$366.31M$405.80M$993.44M$225.99M
7 Day Performance-2.13%-0.79%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance13.80%8.53%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance24.51%35.96%24.11%26.23%

United Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.0337 of 5 stars
$41.40
-1.1%
$40.25
-2.8%
+22.3%$5.66B$1.54B15.682,635Positive News
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
3.973 of 5 stars
$40.62
-0.8%
$37.75
-7.1%
+49.0%$5.85B$509.47M28.011,500News Coverage
Positive News
OZK
Bank OZK
3.1273 of 5 stars
$47.69
-0.5%
$48.50
+1.7%
+14.2%$5.44B$2.25B7.842,744
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
2.8683 of 5 stars
$55.84
flat
$46.20
-17.3%
+65.6%$6.33B$1.14B34.473,358News Coverage
Positive News
BPOP
Popular
4.8543 of 5 stars
$96.62
+1.7%
$104.88
+8.5%
+33.5%$6.89B$3.90B13.139,237Dividend Increase
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.2664 of 5 stars
$26.99
+0.5%
$24.33
-9.8%
+38.5%$3.45B$1.12B15.422,000Ex-Dividend
Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7568 of 5 stars
$19.02
+0.1%
$18.03
-5.2%
+55.3%$18.83B$10.40B1,902.0017,333
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.0078 of 5 stars
$105.50
+1.2%
$102.25
-3.1%
+71.1%$14.63B$3.99B13.323,206Positive News
FHN
First Horizon
4.6144 of 5 stars
$19.88
-1.1%
$18.38
-7.5%
+61.4%$10.54B$3.17B14.417,378Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9127 of 5 stars
$59.55
-0.7%
$57.85
-2.9%
+36.2%$10.28B$3.94B13.504,261Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.7825 of 5 stars
$89.12
0.0%
$92.73
+4.1%
+80.0%$9.81B$4.32B13.753,260Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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