Hancock Whitney (HWC) Competitors

Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is SHG or HWC more profitable?

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to Shinhan Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.56% beat Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shinhan Financial Group	12.21%	7.34%	0.59%
Hancock Whitney	22.40%	11.56%	1.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, SHG or HWC?

Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SHG or HWC?

7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SHG or HWC a better dividend stock?

Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 34.1% 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.

Do analysts rate SHG or HWC?

Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $62.56, suggesting a potential upside of 29.62%. Given Hancock Whitney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than Shinhan Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shinhan Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hancock Whitney	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has better earnings and valuation, SHG or HWC?

Shinhan Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hancock Whitney. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, 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
Shinhan Financial Group	$20.08T	0.00	$3.49B	$7.56	4.37
Hancock Whitney	$1.44B	2.89	$460.82M	$5.28	9.14

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHG or HWC?

Shinhan Financial Group received 207 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shinhan Financial Group	Outperform Votes 268 63.51%	Underperform Votes 154 36.49%
Hancock Whitney	Outperform Votes 61 48.41%	Underperform Votes 65 51.59%

Does the media refer more to SHG or HWC?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 3 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 7 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Shinhan Financial Group's score of 1.10 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shinhan Financial Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hancock Whitney	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Shinhan Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.