NWBI vs. NBHC, CHCO, WABC, HOPE, NBTB, MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, and WD
Should you be buying Northwest Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northwest Bancshares include National Bank (NBHC), City (CHCO), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), and Walker & Dunlop (WD).
Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Northwest Bancshares received 40 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.68% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote.
Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northwest Bancshares. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Bank pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, National Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for National Bank and 2 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat National Bank's score of 0.42 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Bank has a net margin of 22.94% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 17.84%. National Bank's return on equity of 11.20% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.
66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. National Bank has a consensus target price of $38.63, indicating a potential upside of 5.82%. Given National Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Bank is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
Summary
National Bank beats Northwest Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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