FCF vs. ONB, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, GBCI, UMBF, COLB, IBOC, and ABCB
Should you be buying First Commonwealth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Commonwealth Financial include Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), UMB Financial (UMBF), Columbia Banking System (COLB), International Bancshares (IBOC), and Ameris Bancorp (ABCB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Old National Bancorp pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 32.3% 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. First Commonwealth Financial has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. First Commonwealth Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than First Commonwealth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 3 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.19 indicating that Old National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Old National Bancorp received 90 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.19% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.34% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote.
83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Old National Bancorp 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.
First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 24.96% compared to First Commonwealth Financial's net margin of 20.99%. Old National Bancorp's return on equity of 12.89% beat First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity.
Old National Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $18.86, suggesting a potential upside of 14.84%. First Commonwealth Financial has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.43%. Given Old National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Commonwealth Financial is more favorable than Old National Bancorp.
Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old National Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Old National Bancorp beats First Commonwealth Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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