Both in Banking & Credit

First Financial Bancorp vs Simmons First National

Over the past year FFBC returned +38.2% and SFNC returned +33.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.78.

FFBC +38.2% SFNC +33.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFFBCSFNC
Price$32.35$23.17
Market cap$3.40B$3.35B
Today−1.31%−0.86%
1 month+2.7%+1.9%
6 months+6.4%+9.1%
Year to date+29.3%+22.9%
1 year+37.2%+34.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+13.0%−0.5%
Gross margin74.5%69.9%
Net margin21.6%18.8%
P/E (TTM)11.9×—
Price / sales2.5×5.4×
Net cash$4.71B$2.43B
Dividend yield3.21%3.71%
Volatility (60d)16.9%17.6%
Short % of float6.5%4.2%
Next earnings——

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