Hancock Whitney (HWC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SHG or HWC?

Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHG or HWC more profitable?

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 19.30% compared to Shinhan Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.47% 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	19.30%	11.47%	1.28%

Is SHG or HWC a better dividend stock?

Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 35.9% 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. Shinhan Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend SHG or HWC?

Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.82%. Given Hancock Whitney's 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hancock Whitney	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$25.42B	0.69	$3.49B	$6.37	5.43
Hancock Whitney	$1.37B	3.68	$392.60M	$4.46	13.11

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHG or HWC?

Shinhan Financial Group received 211 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 47.50% 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 57 47.50%	Underperform Votes 63 52.50%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SHG or HWC?

7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SHG or HWC?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 6 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 3 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Shinhan Financial Group's score of 1.13 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hancock Whitney	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Shinhan Financial Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.