CPF vs. BKU, INDB, TBBK, BOH, CVBF, SFNC, HTLF, TOWN, FFBC, and FRME
Should you be buying Central Pacific Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Pacific Financial include BankUnited (BKU), Independent Bank (INDB), Bancorp (TBBK), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Simmons First National (SFNC), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Central Pacific Financial vs.
BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and Central Pacific Financial (NYSE:CPF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Central Pacific Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BankUnited pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Central Pacific Financial pays out 52.8% 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.
BankUnited received 145 more outperform votes than Central Pacific Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave Central Pacific Financial an outperform vote while only 55.34% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote.
BankUnited currently has a consensus target price of $43.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. Given BankUnited's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BankUnited is more favorable than Central Pacific Financial.
BankUnited has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Pacific Financial has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BankUnited has higher revenue and earnings than Central Pacific Financial. BankUnited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Pacific Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Central Pacific Financial has a net margin of 15.49% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 11.48%. Central Pacific Financial's return on equity of 12.03% beat BankUnited's return on equity.
In the previous week, BankUnited had 9 more articles in the media than Central Pacific Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BankUnited and 2 mentions for Central Pacific Financial. BankUnited's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Central Pacific Financial's score of 0.17 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.7% of BankUnited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Central Pacific Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Central Pacific Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BankUnited beats Central Pacific Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CPF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
