Both in Banking & Credit

First Bancorp/NC vs Beacon Financial

Over the past year FBNC returned +31.0% and BBT returned +31.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.71.

FBNC +31.0% BBT +31.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFBNCBBT
Price$63.74$30.44
Market cap$2.64B$2.55B
Today−0.76%−0.72%
1 month+3.5%+8.3%
6 months+10.3%+6.0%
Year to date+25.5%+15.4%
1 year+31.0%+31.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.8%—
Gross margin77.5%68.6%
Net margin30.7%20.2%
P/E (TTM)19.8×16.0×
Price / sales4.6×2.1×
Net cash$2.92B$2.18B
Dividend yield1.51%4.24%
Volatility (60d)21.8%26.0%
Short % of float5.2%6.0%
Next earnings——

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