Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. UCB scored 76.0, ZION scored 74.0 — UCB leads.
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UCB
United Community Banks, Inc.
Banks - Regional · Financial strength
67.3Fin
$33.38 · $4.0B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
8.8
ZION leads
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
Banks - Regional · Financial strength
76.1Fin
$62.49 · $9.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestZION8.0x
Fastest growthUCB+11.9%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
UCB
ZION
+11.9%B
Rev
+8.1%B
10.9xB+
P/E
8.0xA-
10.3%B
ROE
16.4%B+
1.07A-
P/B
1.20B+
3.1%B
Yield
3.1%B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
UCBUnited Community Banks, Inc.
Banks - Regional · $33.38 · beta 0.90
Why now
Banks - Regional · market cap $4.0b. 10% off the 52-week high of $37.18. Revenue growing +12%, comfortably above the S&P median. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $40.17 (implying +20% upside).
Moat
Net margin 34% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 10% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
ZIONZions Bancorporation, National Association
Banks - Regional · $62.49 · beta 0.83
Why now
Banks - Regional · market cap $9.1b. 15% off the 52-week high of $73.34. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $73.14 (implying +17% upside).
Moat
Net margin 32% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Regulatory capital risk — stricter capital requirements (CCAR, Basel) can force a dividend cut or a capital raise; the largest banks are most exposed because they're held to the tightest standards.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is UCB or ZION the better stock?
UCB scores higher: UCB 76.0, ZION 74.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are UCB and ZION scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.