Both in Banking & Credit

Banner vs First Bancorp/NC

Over the past year BANR returned +16.1% and FBNC returned +29.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.80.

BANR +16.1% FBNC +29.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBANRFBNC
Price$70.74$64.16
Market cap$2.59B$2.66B
Today−1.09%−1.50%
1 month+5.0%+3.8%
6 months+8.9%+10.9%
Year to date+12.9%+26.3%
1 year+17.1%+32.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.3%+28.8%
Gross margin77.8%76.8%
Net margin22.1%30.2%
P/E (TTM)12.4×16.2×
Price / sales2.9×4.3×
Net cash$2.89B$2.87B
Dividend yield2.94%1.50%
Volatility (60d)18.3%22.5%
Short % of float4.3%5.2%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).