Amerant Bancorp (AMTB) Competitors

Amerant Bancorp (NYSE:AMTB) and First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) are both banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMTB or FHB?

42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AMTB or FHB?

First Hawaiian has a consensus target price of $27.64, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Given First Hawaiian's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amerant Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
First Hawaiian	4 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.43

Is AMTB or FHB more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 21.45% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of 0.60%. First Hawaiian's return on equity of 9.29% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amerant Bancorp	0.60%	7.12%	0.63%
First Hawaiian	21.45%	9.29%	1.04%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AMTB or FHB?

First Hawaiian has higher revenue and earnings than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Hawaiian, 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
Amerant Bancorp	$605.50M	1.39	-$15.75M	-$0.20	-100.60
First Hawaiian	$1.17B	2.63	$230.13M	$1.94	12.66

Is AMTB or FHB a better dividend stock?

Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Amerant Bancorp pays out -180.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Hawaiian pays out 53.6% 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.

Does the media refer more to AMTB or FHB?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 9 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Hawaiian and 0 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. First Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Amerant Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Hawaiian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amerant Bancorp	Neutral
First Hawaiian	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AMTB or FHB?

Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Hawaiian beats Amerant Bancorp on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.