WABC vs. FNB, FFIN, UBSI, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, FULT, TCBI, CATY, and FIBK
Should you be buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westamerica Bancorporation include F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Fulton Financial (FULT), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), and First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation vs.
F.N.B. (NYSE:FNB) and Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
F.N.B. received 192 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave F.N.B. an outperform vote while only 49.38% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
F.N.B. presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.29%. Westamerica Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Given F.N.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe F.N.B. is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
F.N.B. has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.3% of F.N.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of F.N.B. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
F.N.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. F.N.B. pays out 44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 32.1% 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. Westamerica Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Westamerica Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 45.73% compared to F.N.B.'s net margin of 16.29%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 17.67% beat F.N.B.'s return on equity.
F.N.B. has higher revenue and earnings than Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F.N.B., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, F.N.B. had 3 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for F.N.B. and 8 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat F.N.B.'s score of 0.10 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation beats F.N.B. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WABC) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
