SASR vs. HOPE, WABC, FCF, NWBI, NBHC, FFIN, GBCI, UMBF, COLB, and IBOC
Should you be buying Sandy Spring Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandy Spring Bancorp include Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), National Bank (NBHC), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), UMB Financial (UMBF), Columbia Banking System (COLB), and International Bancshares (IBOC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and Sandy Spring Bancorp (NASDAQ:SASR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Sandy Spring Bancorp received 28 more outperform votes than Hope Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.35% of users gave Sandy Spring Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.
84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sandy Spring Bancorp has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Sandy Spring Bancorp's net margin of 10.80%. Hope Bancorp's return on equity of 6.65% beat Sandy Spring Bancorp's return on equity.
Hope Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sandy Spring Bancorp. Hope Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandy Spring Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Hope Bancorp pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandy Spring Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Sandy Spring Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 1 mentions for Sandy Spring Bancorp. Sandy Spring Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 1.79 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hope Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.45%. Sandy Spring Bancorp has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.80%. Given Sandy Spring Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Sandy Spring Bancorp.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Sandy Spring Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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