HAFC vs. INDB, TBBK, BOH, CVBF, SFNC, HTLF, TOWN, FFBC, FRME, and SBCF
Should you be buying Hanmi Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanmi Financial include Independent Bank (INDB), Bancorp (TBBK), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Simmons First National (SFNC), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Hanmi Financial vs.
Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) and Hanmi Financial (NASDAQ:HAFC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Independent Bank has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 19.58% compared to Hanmi Financial's net margin of 14.45%. Hanmi Financial's return on equity of 8.64% beat Independent Bank's return on equity.
83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Independent Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Hanmi Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Hanmi Financial. Hanmi Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independent Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independent Bank received 61 more outperform votes than Hanmi Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.86% of users gave Hanmi Financial an outperform vote while only 54.39% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote.
Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Independent Bank pays out 50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanmi Financial pays out 52.7% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Independent Bank currently has a consensus target price of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.35%. Hanmi Financial has a consensus target price of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.60%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Hanmi Financial.
In the previous week, Independent Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Hanmi Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Independent Bank and 3 mentions for Hanmi Financial. Hanmi Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Independent Bank's score of 1.42 indicating that Hanmi Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Hanmi Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HAFC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
