HTH vs. SBCF, TOWN, INDB, PPBI, HTLF, MBIN, FBK, BOH, OFG, and TFIN
Should you be buying Hilltop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilltop include Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), Independent Bank (INDB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), FB Financial (FBK), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and Triumph Financial (TFIN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Hilltop has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilltop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida presently has a consensus target price of $26.10, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Hilltop has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. Given Hilltop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Hilltop.
In the previous week, Hilltop had 6 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hilltop and 3 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of -0.17 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilltop pays out 39.8% 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. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Hilltop has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
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. Comparatively, Hilltop has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 53 more outperform votes than Hilltop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.
81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hilltop shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.9% of Hilltop shares are owned 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.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a net margin of 15.08% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 6.95%. Hilltop's return on equity of 5.68% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
Summary
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida beats Hilltop on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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