Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) Competitors

Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts recommend GBCI or HBAN?

Glacier Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $46.20, indicating a potential downside of 20.40%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $16.62, indicating a potential downside of 6.54%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Huntington Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GBCI or HBAN?

Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, 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
Glacier Bancorp	$784.58M	8.39	$222.93M	$1.62	35.83
Huntington Bancshares	$10.84B	2.38	$1.95B	$1.04	17.10

Which has more volatility & risk, GBCI or HBAN?

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GBCI or HBAN?

In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 8 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 9 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 1.38 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huntington Bancshares	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GBCI or HBAN a better dividend stock?

Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Huntington Bancshares pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GBCI or HBAN?

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares 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.

Is GBCI or HBAN more profitable?

Glacier Bancorp has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 14.19%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 10.72% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	14.69%	5.84%	0.65%
Huntington Bancshares	14.19%	10.72%	0.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GBCI or HBAN?

Huntington Bancshares received 312 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.48% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 261 49.43%	Underperform Votes 267 50.57%
Huntington Bancshares	Outperform Votes 573 51.48%	Underperform Votes 540 48.52%

Summary

Huntington Bancshares beats Glacier Bancorp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.