First Hawaiian (FHB) Competitors

Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend BSAC or FHB?

Banco Santander-Chile presently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential downside of 9.41%. First Hawaiian has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.05%. Given First Hawaiian's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander-Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
First Hawaiian	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57

Does the media refer more to BSAC or FHB?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Hawaiian and 0 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. First Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of 0.20 indicating that First Hawaiian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander-Chile	Neutral
First Hawaiian	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BSAC or FHB?

Banco Santander-Chile has higher revenue and earnings than First Hawaiian. Banco Santander-Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Hawaiian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander-Chile	$2.60T	0.00	$883.95M	$1.94	12.14
First Hawaiian	$774.71M	4.07	$230.13M	$1.79	13.96

Is BSAC or FHB more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 19.74% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 19.16%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat First Hawaiian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%
First Hawaiian	19.74%	8.91%	0.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, BSAC or FHB?

Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BSAC or FHB?

6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BSAC or FHB?

First Hawaiian received 22 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.09% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave First Hawaiian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 54.09%	Underperform Votes 219 45.91%
First Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 280 49.91%	Underperform Votes 281 50.09%

Is BSAC or FHB a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Hawaiian pays out 58.1% 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.

Summary

First Hawaiian beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.