LOB vs. HWC, SFBS, BBAR, IFS, ASB, AX, EBC, UCB, AVAL, and FHB
Should you be buying Live Oak Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Oak Bancshares include Hancock Whitney (HWC), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), and First Hawaiian (FHB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Live Oak Bancshares vs.
Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) and Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 11 more articles in the media than Live Oak Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 9 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Live Oak Bancshares' score of 0.52 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Hancock Whitney pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Live Oak Bancshares pays out 8.3% 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.
Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than Live Oak Bancshares. Hancock Whitney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Live Oak Bancshares received 204 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.86% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.
81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to Live Oak Bancshares' net margin of 7.10%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.56% beat Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity.
Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hancock Whitney currently has a consensus price target of $62.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.62%. Live Oak Bancshares has a consensus price target of $44.75, suggesting a potential upside of 68.55%. Given Live Oak Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Live Oak Bancshares is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.
Summary
Hancock Whitney beats Live Oak Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LOB) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
