Both in Banking & Credit

Simmons First National vs First Financial Bancorp

Over the past year SFNC returned +33.6% and FFBC returned +36.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.78.

SFNC +33.6% FFBC +36.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSFNCFFBC
Price$23.17$32.35
Market cap$3.35B$3.40B
Today−0.86%−1.31%
1 month+1.9%+2.7%
6 months+9.1%+6.4%
Year to date+22.9%+29.3%
1 year+34.2%+37.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)−0.5%+13.0%
Gross margin69.9%74.5%
Net margin18.8%21.6%
P/E (TTM)—11.9×
Price / sales5.4×2.5×
Net cash$2.43B$4.71B
Dividend yield3.71%3.21%
Volatility (60d)17.6%16.9%
Short % of float4.2%6.5%
Next earnings——

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