BHRB vs. ASB, IFS, CORZ, FHB, AUB, AVAL, BUR, CLSK, BFH, and ENVA
Should you be buying Burke & Herbert Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burke & Herbert Financial Services include Associated Banc (ASB), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Core Scientific (CORZ), First Hawaiian (FHB), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Burford Capital (BUR), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), and Enova International (ENVA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services vs.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services (NASDAQ:BHRB) and Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
83.0% of Associated Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Burke & Herbert Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $76.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.85%. Associated Banc has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.81%. Given Burke & Herbert Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burke & Herbert Financial Services is more favorable than Associated Banc.
In the previous week, Associated Banc had 7 more articles in the media than Burke & Herbert Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Associated Banc and 4 mentions for Burke & Herbert Financial Services. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Associated Banc's score of 1.01 indicating that Burke & Herbert Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a net margin of 8.88% compared to Associated Banc's net margin of 5.15%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' return on equity of 15.15% beat Associated Banc's return on equity.
Associated Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Burke & Herbert Financial Services. Burke & Herbert Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Associated Banc received 238 more outperform votes than Burke & Herbert Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.71% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Burke & Herbert Financial Services an outperform vote.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays out 91.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Banc pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Banc has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Associated Banc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Burke & Herbert Financial Services beats Associated Banc on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BHRB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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