FB Financial (FBK) Competitors

UWM (NYSE:UWMC) and FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, UWMC or FBK?

UWM has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FB Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of UWMC or FBK?

53.6% of UWM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 94.1% of UWM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of FB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UWMC or FBK?

FB Financial received 220 more outperform votes than UWM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.60% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote while only 29.59% of users gave UWM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UWM	Outperform Votes 29 29.59%	Underperform Votes 69 70.41%
FB Financial	Outperform Votes 249 49.60%	Underperform Votes 253 50.40%

Is UWMC or FBK a better dividend stock?

UWM pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. UWM pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FB Financial pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is UWMC or FBK more profitable?

FB Financial has a net margin of 15.18% compared to UWM's net margin of 0.00%. FB Financial's return on equity of 10.43% beat UWM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UWM	N/A	-5.79%	-1.04%
FB Financial	15.18%	10.43%	1.25%

Does the media prefer UWMC or FBK?

In the previous week, FB Financial had 16 more articles in the media than UWM. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for FB Financial and 11 mentions for UWM. UWM's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat FB Financial's score of 0.67 indicating that UWM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UWM	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FB Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate UWMC or FBK?

UWM presently has a consensus price target of $7.21, suggesting a potential upside of 59.43%. FB Financial has a consensus price target of $53.80, suggesting a potential upside of 32.66%. Given UWM's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe UWM is more favorable than FB Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UWM	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
FB Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, UWMC or FBK?

FB Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UWM. FB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UWM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UWM	$1.42B	5.11	-$13.23M	$0.08	56.56
FB Financial	$480.96M	3.94	$116.04M	$2.72	14.91

Summary

FB Financial beats UWM on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.