INDB vs. BOH, HTH, SBCF, CVBF, TOWN, HTLF, OFG, RNST, CATY, and BANR
Should you be buying Independent Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independent Bank include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Hilltop (HTH), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), CVB Financial (CVBF), TowneBank (TOWN), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Renasant (RNST), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), and Banner (BANR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Independent Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of Hawaii. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Independent Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Independent Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of Hawaii. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Independent Bank and 3 mentions for Bank of Hawaii. Bank of Hawaii's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Independent Bank's score of 0.56 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Independent Bank received 139 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.08% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
Bank of Hawaii currently has a consensus price target of $52.20, suggesting a potential downside of 12.74%. Independent Bank has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.31%. Given Bank of Hawaii's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank pays out 44.0% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 23.97% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 15.91%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 13.25% beat Bank of Hawaii's return on equity.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Bank of Hawaii on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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