Guild (GHLD) Competitors

First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) and Guild (NYSE:GHLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, FHB or GHLD?

First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FHB or GHLD?

First Hawaiian received 261 more outperform votes than Guild when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.09% of users gave First Hawaiian an outperform vote while only 39.58% of users gave Guild an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 280 51.09%	Underperform Votes 268 48.91%
Guild	Outperform Votes 19 39.58%	Underperform Votes 29 60.42%

Do analysts prefer FHB or GHLD?

First Hawaiian presently has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.84%. Guild has a consensus price target of $16.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.34%. Given Guild's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guild is more favorable than First Hawaiian.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Hawaiian	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Guild	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has better earnings and valuation, FHB or GHLD?

First Hawaiian has higher revenue and earnings than Guild. Guild 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
First Hawaiian	$1.12B	3.07	$234.98M	$1.75	15.42
Guild	$655.19M	1.32	-$39.01M	-$1.55	-9.01

Is FHB or GHLD more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 18.83% compared to Guild's net margin of -12.78%. First Hawaiian's return on equity of 8.83% beat Guild's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Hawaiian	18.83%	8.83%	0.93%
Guild	-12.78%	6.21%	1.76%

Does the media favor FHB or GHLD?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 5 more articles in the media than Guild. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Hawaiian and 0 mentions for Guild. First Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Guild's score of 0.00 indicating that First Hawaiian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Hawaiian	Very Positive
Guild	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FHB or GHLD?

97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Guild shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Guild 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.

Summary

First Hawaiian beats Guild on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.