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.
KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
KeyCorp has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bankshares has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, KeyCorp had 12 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for KeyCorp and 3 mentions for United Bankshares. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.93 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. KeyCorp pays out -273.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares pays out 54.0% 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. United Bankshares has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of KeyCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KeyCorp received 988 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.95% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote while only 46.54% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
United Bankshares has a net margin of 22.94% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of -2.52%. KeyCorp's return on equity of 8.73% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.
KeyCorp currently has a consensus target price of $19.69, indicating a potential upside of 16.24%. United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.02%. Given United Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than KeyCorp.
Summary
KeyCorp beats United Bankshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UBSI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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