Grupo Supervielle (SUPV) Competitors

Grupo Supervielle (NYSE:SUPV) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is SUPV or HWC more profitable?

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to Grupo Supervielle's net margin of 5.80%. Grupo Supervielle's return on equity of 15.92% beat Hancock Whitney's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Supervielle	5.80%	15.92%	2.93%
Hancock Whitney	22.40%	11.56%	1.32%

Does the media favor SUPV or HWC?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 8 more articles in the media than Grupo Supervielle. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 1 mentions for Grupo Supervielle. Grupo Supervielle's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 1.09 indicating that Grupo Supervielle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Supervielle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hancock Whitney	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SUPV or HWC?

Grupo Supervielle presently has a consensus target price of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.33%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus target price of $62.56, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Hancock Whitney's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than Grupo Supervielle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Supervielle	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Hancock Whitney	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is SUPV or HWC a better dividend stock?

Grupo Supervielle pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Grupo Supervielle pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 34.1% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, SUPV or HWC?

Grupo Supervielle has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SUPV or HWC?

Grupo Supervielle received 320 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.80% of users gave Grupo Supervielle an outperform vote while only 48.80% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Supervielle	Outperform Votes 381 58.80%	Underperform Votes 267 41.20%
Hancock Whitney	Outperform Votes 61 48.80%	Underperform Votes 64 51.20%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SUPV or HWC?

Hancock Whitney has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grupo Supervielle. Hancock Whitney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Supervielle, 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
Grupo Supervielle	$4.88B	0.26	$196.14M	$0.72	19.84
Hancock Whitney	$1.45B	3.40	$460.82M	$5.28	10.82

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SUPV or HWC?

81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by company 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

Hancock Whitney beats Grupo Supervielle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.