HTLF vs. WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, and ONB
Should you be buying Heartland Financial USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heartland Financial USA include Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Heartland Financial USA vs.
Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) and Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Webster Financial received 136 more outperform votes than Heartland Financial USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.73% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Heartland Financial USA an outperform vote.
Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webster Financial has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Financial USA. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Financial USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heartland Financial USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Heartland Financial USA pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Webster Financial pays out 36.6% 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. Webster Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Webster Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Heartland Financial USA. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Webster Financial and 1 mentions for Heartland Financial USA. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Heartland Financial USA's score of 0.21 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Webster Financial has a net margin of 18.39% compared to Heartland Financial USA's net margin of 8.79%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 10.82% beat Heartland Financial USA's return on equity.
71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Webster Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Webster Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Heartland Financial USA presently has a consensus target price of $46.67, indicating a potential downside of 27.84%. Webster Financial has a consensus target price of $62.08, indicating a potential upside of 11.35%. Given Webster Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
Summary
Webster Financial beats Heartland Financial USA on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTLF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
