SBCF vs. HTLF, FBK, RNST, BANR, LKFN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, and BPOP
Should you be buying Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida include Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), FB Financial (FBK), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Heartland Financial USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Heartland Financial USA pays out 72.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 51.4% 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. Heartland Financial USA has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Heartland Financial USA presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a consensus price target of $26.10, suggesting a potential upside of 16.00%. Given Heartland Financial USA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Heartland Financial USA had 1 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Heartland Financial USA and 7 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Heartland Financial USA's score of 1.19 indicating that Heartland Financial USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Heartland Financial USA. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Financial USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heartland Financial USA received 102 more outperform votes than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.16% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Heartland Financial USA an outperform vote.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a net margin of 15.08% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 8.17%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity of 11.33% beat Heartland Financial USA's return on equity.
Summary
Heartland Financial USA beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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