CVBF vs. BOH, PPBI, INDB, CATY, SBCF, FHB, TOWN, FIBK, TCBI, and HTLF
Should you be buying CVB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVB Financial include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Independent Bank (INDB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), First Hawaiian (FHB), TowneBank (TOWN), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and Heartland Financial USA (HTLF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
CVB Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of Hawaii. CVB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVB Financial has a net margin of 30.93% compared to CVB Financial's net margin of 15.91%. CVB Financial's return on equity of 13.25% beat Bank of Hawaii's return on equity.
Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVB Financial pays out 52.6% 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.
In the previous week, CVB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of Hawaii. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CVB Financial and 3 mentions for Bank of Hawaii. Bank of Hawaii's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat CVB Financial's score of 0.56 indicating that CVB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVB Financial has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVB Financial received 57 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.97% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of CVB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of Hawaii currently has a consensus target price of $52.20, suggesting a potential downside of 12.74%. CVB Financial has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Given Bank of Hawaii's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
Summary
CVB Financial beats Bank of Hawaii on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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