WABC vs. HOPE, NWBI, CHCO, SASR, NBTB, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and GBCI
Should you be buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westamerica Bancorporation include Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 4 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.21 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 56.0% 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.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 10.80%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 21.99% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
Westamerica Bancorporation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hope Bancorp. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hope Bancorp received 24 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.32% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westamerica Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.38%. Given Hope Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Westamerica Bancorporation on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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