WBS vs. FCNCA, FITB, MTB, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying Webster Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Webster Financial include First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ:FCNCA) 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.
Webster Financial has a net margin of 21.09% compared to First Citizens BancShares' net margin of 18.22%. First Citizens BancShares' return on equity of 15.48% beat Webster Financial's return on equity.
Webster Financial currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.90%. First Citizens BancShares has a consensus price target of $1,829.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.74%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than First Citizens BancShares.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Citizens BancShares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of First Citizens BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of First Citizens BancShares 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.
Webster Financial received 344 more outperform votes than First Citizens BancShares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.92% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave First Citizens BancShares an outperform vote.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Citizens BancShares pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Webster Financial pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Citizens BancShares pays out 3.6% 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.
In the previous week, First Citizens BancShares had 9 more articles in the media than Webster Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Citizens BancShares and 2 mentions for Webster Financial. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat First Citizens BancShares' score of 0.65 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Citizens BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than Webster Financial. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Citizens BancShares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Webster Financial and First Citizens BancShares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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