QCR (QCRH) Competitors

QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

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

70.0% of QCR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of QCR 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, QCRH or HWC?

QCR has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QCRH or HWC?

QCR received 233 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QCR	Outperform Votes 294 65.77%	Underperform Votes 153 34.23%
Hancock Whitney	Outperform Votes 61 48.41%	Underperform Votes 65 51.59%

Does the media prefer QCRH or HWC?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 10 more articles in the media than QCR. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 5 mentions for QCR. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat QCR's score of 0.62 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QCR	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hancock Whitney	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is QCRH or HWC a better dividend stock?

QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. QCR pays out 3.6% 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 QCRH or HWC?

QCR currently has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.05%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus target price of $62.56, suggesting a potential upside of 18.10%. Given Hancock Whitney's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than QCR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QCR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hancock Whitney	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, QCRH or HWC?

Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than QCR. Hancock Whitney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QCR, 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
QCR	$337.71M	3.60	$113.85M	$6.71	10.72
Hancock Whitney	$1.44B	3.17	$460.82M	$5.28	10.03

Is QCRH or HWC more profitable?

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to QCR's net margin of 19.06%. QCR's return on equity of 12.68% beat Hancock Whitney's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QCR	19.06%	12.68%	1.35%
Hancock Whitney	22.40%	11.56%	1.32%

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats QCR on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.