UCBI vs. FBP, SFBS, CATY, IBOC, IBKC, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying United Community Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Community Banks include First BanCorp. (FBP), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), International Bancshares (IBOC), IBERIABANK (IBKC), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) and United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
First BanCorp. has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Community Banks has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.9% of First BanCorp. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of First BanCorp. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of United Community Banks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First BanCorp. currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.52%. United Community Banks has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 19.25%. Given First BanCorp.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Community Banks is more favorable than First BanCorp..
First BanCorp. has a net margin of 25.82% compared to First BanCorp.'s net margin of 13.62%. United Community Banks' return on equity of 21.58% beat First BanCorp.'s return on equity.
United Community Banks received 24 more outperform votes than First BanCorp. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.26% of users gave First BanCorp. an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave United Community Banks an outperform vote.
First BanCorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First BanCorp. pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Community Banks pays out 59.7% 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 BanCorp. has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and United Community Banks has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. First BanCorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
First BanCorp. has higher revenue and earnings than United Community Banks. First BanCorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First BanCorp. and First BanCorp. both had 5 articles in the media. First BanCorp.'s average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat United Community Banks' score of 0.93 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First BanCorp. beats United Community Banks on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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