NEWT vs. WABC, HOPE, NIC, SASR, OCFC, BFC, FBMS, AMTB, DCOM, and CAC
Should you be buying NewtekOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewtekOne include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Bank First (BFC), First Bancshares (FBMS), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), and Camden National (CAC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and NewtekOne (NASDAQ:NEWT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Westamerica Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than NewtekOne. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NewtekOne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westamerica Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.59%. NewtekOne has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Given NewtekOne's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Westamerica Bancorporation is more favorable than NewtekOne.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Westamerica Bancorporation's net margin of 14.14%. NewtekOne's return on equity of 21.99% beat Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of NewtekOne shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of NewtekOne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewtekOne has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. NewtekOne pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewtekOne pays out 49.0% 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 increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years and NewtekOne has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Westamerica Bancorporation had 3 more articles in the media than NewtekOne. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation and 1 mentions for NewtekOne. NewtekOne's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Westamerica Bancorporation's score of 1.24 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NewtekOne received 81 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.19% of users gave NewtekOne an outperform vote while only 50.32% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation beats NewtekOne on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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