FCF vs. BPOP, HOMB, COLB, FFIN, GBCI, UBSI, FNB, ABCB, IBOC, and BANF
Should you be buying First Commonwealth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Commonwealth Financial include Popular (BPOP), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Commonwealth Financial vs.
Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) and First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Popular has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Popular had 12 more articles in the media than First Commonwealth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Popular and 8 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Popular's score of 1.42 indicating that First Commonwealth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Popular presently has a consensus target price of $113.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.35%. First Commonwealth Financial has a consensus target price of $19.58, indicating a potential upside of 24.66%. Given First Commonwealth Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Commonwealth Financial is more favorable than Popular.
Popular received 176 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave Popular an outperform vote while only 53.36% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote.
Popular pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Popular pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 37.4% 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.
87.3% of Popular shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Popular shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Popular has higher revenue and earnings than First Commonwealth Financial. Popular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Commonwealth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 20.38% compared to Popular's net margin of 14.15%. Popular's return on equity of 11.89% beat First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Popular beats First Commonwealth Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FCF) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
