CASH vs. WABC, NBHC, HOPE, NIC, FCF, NWBI, PFS, CHCO, SASR, and TRMK
Should you be buying Pathward Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pathward Financial include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), and Trustmark (TRMK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) and Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Pathward Financial received 92 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Pathward Financial presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. Westamerica Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.77%. Given Pathward Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
Pathward Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Westamerica Bancorporation. Pathward Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westamerica Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Pathward Financial and 16 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Westamerica Bancorporation's score of 0.29 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Pathward Financial's net margin of 22.90%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 25.09% beat Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity.
92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by 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.
Pathward Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Pathward Financial pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% 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.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Westamerica Bancorporation on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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