SFBS vs. SHG, AFRM, SOFI, BSBR, BAP, BCH, ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, and BSAC
Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Affirm (AFRM), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), Ally Financial (ALLY), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), and Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ServisFirst Bancshares vs.
Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) and ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held 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.
Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 35.8% 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. Shinhan Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, ServisFirst Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares and 1 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Shinhan Financial Group's score of 0.30 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.51%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than Shinhan Financial Group.
Shinhan Financial Group received 38 more outperform votes than ServisFirst Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.
Shinhan Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than ServisFirst Bancshares. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 21.16% compared to Shinhan Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 14.23% beat Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
ServisFirst Bancshares beats Shinhan Financial Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SFBS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
