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First Citizens BancShares vs Regions Financial

FCNCA and RF side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How FCNCA and RF compare

First Citizens BancShares and Regions Financial are about the same size, with market caps of $26.2B and $24.4B.

On earnings, Regions Financial is cheaper: it trades at 11.2× trailing earnings, against 11.9× for First Citizens BancShares.

Regions Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.4% versus 1.1% for First Citizens BancShares).

Regions Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 29.9% compared with 24.9% at First Citizens BancShares.

Both pay dividends: First Citizens BancShares yields 0.36% and Regions Financial 3.8%.

First Citizens BancShares scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 13 for Regions Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricFCNCARF
Size and price
Market cap$26.2B$24.4B
Share price$2315.61$28.64
Change, 1 year27.6%14.4%
Change, 5 years183%20.9%
Beta (5Y)1.021.04
Employees18K20K
StockData Score
Total score15 (better)13
Valuation score4 (better)2
Growth score2 (better)0
Performance score23 (better)
Health score35 (better)
Dividend score4 (better)3
Valuation
P/E11.9×11.2× (better)
P/S2.7× (better)3.2×
P/B1.2× (better)1.4×
P/FCF10.6×–
PEG0.34 (better)38.37
FCF yield9.4%–
Fair value$2319.41$27.48
Margin of safety0.16% (better)−4.2%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)1.1%3.4% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average38.6%146% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)2.8%6.4% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)15.4% (better)12.8%
EPS growth, 5Y average28.3% (better)17.4%
Profitability
Net margin24.9%29.9% (better)
FCF margin25.7%–
Return on equity11.0%12.4% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity1.130.25 (better)
Altman Z-score0.230.24 (better)
Piotroski F-score57 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.36%3.8% (better)
Payout ratio8.3%40.1%
Years of dividend growth913 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average36.6% (better)10.7%
Buyback yield11.5% (better)4.0%
Shareholder yield11.9% (better)7.9%
Ownership
Held by institutions59.6%85.4%
Held by insiders15.2%0.34%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$2.5M−$1.2M (better)
Superinvestors holding2–
Short interest, % of float–7.6%

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