First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) Competitors

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) and BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is FCF or BOKF more profitable?

First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 21.87% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 13.78%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 11.19% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Commonwealth Financial	21.87%	11.19%	1.30%
BOK Financial	13.78%	9.67%	1.02%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FCF or BOKF?

72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FCF or BOKF?

BOK Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, 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
First Commonwealth Financial	$626.61M	3.04	$157.06M	$1.48	12.66
BOK Financial	$3.13B	2.35	$530.75M	$7.27	15.77

Which has more risk & volatility, FCF or BOKF?

First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOK Financial has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCF or BOKF?

BOK Financial received 113 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.90% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote while only 47.03% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Commonwealth Financial	Outperform Votes 283 53.90%	Underperform Votes 242 46.10%
BOK Financial	Outperform Votes 396 47.03%	Underperform Votes 446 52.97%

Do analysts rate FCF or BOKF?

First Commonwealth Financial currently has a consensus price target of $17.30, suggesting a potential downside of 7.68%. BOK Financial has a consensus price target of $112.20, suggesting a potential downside of 2.15%. Given BOK Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than First Commonwealth Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Commonwealth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
BOK Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is FCF or BOKF a better dividend stock?

First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BOK Financial pays out 30.3% 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. BOK Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Does the media favor FCF or BOKF?

In the previous week, First Commonwealth Financial had 1 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial and 2 mentions for BOK Financial. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat First Commonwealth Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Commonwealth Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BOK Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

BOK Financial beats First Commonwealth Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.