NBHC vs. ONB, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, GBCI, UMBF, COLB, IBOC, and ABCB
Should you be buying National Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank include Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), UMB Financial (UMBF), Columbia Banking System (COLB), International Bancshares (IBOC), and Ameris Bancorp (ABCB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Old National Bancorp pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank pays out 31.0% 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. National Bank has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Old National Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
National Bank has a net margin of 22.94% compared to National Bank's net margin of 20.99%. National Bank's return on equity of 11.31% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.
83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Old National Bancorp received 138 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.19% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote.
Old National Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $18.86, suggesting a potential upside of 10.34%. National Bank has a consensus price target of $38.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.91%. Given National Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Old National Bancorp is more favorable than National Bank.
Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank. Old National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, National Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Old National Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for National Bank and 4 mentions for Old National Bancorp. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.42 indicating that Old National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Old National Bancorp beats National Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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