OFG vs. WAL, CFR, BPOP, ZION, PNFP, WTFC, BOKF, PB, SSB, and SNV
Should you be buying OFG Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFG Bancorp include Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), BOK Financial (BOKF), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), SouthState (SSB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Western Alliance Bancorporation received 222 more outperform votes than OFG Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Western Alliance Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 65.15% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote.
OFG Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Western Alliance Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $72.47, suggesting a potential upside of 23.31%. Given Western Alliance Bancorporation's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Alliance Bancorporation is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
Western Alliance Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than OFG Bancorp. Western Alliance Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFG Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Western Alliance Bancorporation had 4 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western Alliance Bancorporation and 0 mentions for OFG Bancorp. Western Alliance Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Alliance Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. OFG Bancorp pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Alliance Bancorporation pays out 21.6% 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.
OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Alliance Bancorporation has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Western Alliance Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 23.00% compared to Western Alliance Bancorporation's net margin of 16.50%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 16.10% beat Western Alliance Bancorporation's return on equity.
Summary
Western Alliance Bancorporation beats OFG Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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