HTBK vs. TRMK, WSBC, EFSC, SYBT, OFG, CHCO, FBNC, LKFN, FCF, and NBHC
Should you be buying Heritage Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Commerce include Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), First Bancorp (FBNC), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Heritage Commerce vs.
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and Heritage Commerce (NASDAQ:HTBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.6% of Heritage Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Heritage Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Commerce has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustmark presently has a consensus price target of $35.20, suggesting a potential downside of 0.76%. Heritage Commerce has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.62%. Given Heritage Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Commerce is more favorable than Trustmark.
Trustmark has a net margin of 17.62% compared to Heritage Commerce's net margin of 17.61%. Trustmark's return on equity of 9.48% beat Heritage Commerce's return on equity.
In the previous week, Heritage Commerce had 1 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Heritage Commerce and 2 mentions for Trustmark. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Heritage Commerce's score of 0.61 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Heritage Commerce pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Trustmark pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heritage Commerce pays out 73.2% 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.
Heritage Commerce received 17 more outperform votes than Trustmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Heritage Commerce an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Commerce. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Heritage Commerce beats Trustmark on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTBK) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
