Both in Banking & Credit

Mechanics Bancorp vs First Financial Bancorp

Over the past year MCHB returned +14.6% and FFBC returned +41.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.62.

MCHB +14.6% FFBC +41.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMCHBFFBC
Price$15.03$33.39
Market cap$3.33B$3.51B
Today+1.90%+2.05%
1 month+0.9%+6.4%
6 months+1.3%+8.9%
Year to date+2.7%+33.5%
1 year+14.3%+41.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+13.0%
Gross margin76.8%74.5%
Net margin22.0%21.6%
P/E (TTM)11.8×12.3×
Price / sales2.8×2.6×
Net cash$5.81B$4.71B
Dividend yield6.65%3.11%
Volatility (60d)18.1%17.9%
Short % of float10.8%6.5%
Next earnings——

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