Grupo Supervielle (SUPV) Competitors

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

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 1.0%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Grupo Supervielle pays out 19.2% 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 stronger earnings and valuation, 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	$538.17B	0.00	$196.14M	$0.78	18.71
Hancock Whitney	$1.44B	3.24	$460.82M	$5.28	10.25

Do analysts rate SUPV or HWC?

Grupo Supervielle currently has a consensus price target of $13.67, indicating a potential downside of 6.37%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $62.56, indicating a potential upside of 15.63%. Given Hancock Whitney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SUPV or HWC?

81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, SUPV or HWC?

Grupo Supervielle has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SUPV or HWC?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 10 more articles in the media than Grupo Supervielle. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 4 mentions for Grupo Supervielle. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Grupo Supervielle's score of 0.49 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Supervielle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hancock Whitney	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SUPV or HWC?

Grupo Supervielle received 320 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.62% of users gave Grupo Supervielle an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Supervielle	Outperform Votes 381 58.62%	Underperform Votes 269 41.38%
Hancock Whitney	Outperform Votes 61 48.41%	Underperform Votes 65 51.59%

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Grupo Supervielle on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.