HOPE vs. WABC, NBHC, FCF, CHCO, SASR, WSBC, NBTB, TBBK, TRMK, and FRME
Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Bancorp (TBBK), Trustmark (TRMK), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Westamerica Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.21%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.26%. Given Westamerica Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Westamerica Bancorporation's net margin of 10.80%. Hope Bancorp's return on equity of 21.99% beat Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 56.0% 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. Westamerica Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Hope Bancorp received 24 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.32% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 3 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westamerica Bancorporation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hope Bancorp. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Westamerica Bancorporation on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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