HAFC vs. CAC, AMNB, BDGE, FISI, FNLC, FLIC, NKSH, ATLO, SASR, and WABC
Should you be buying Hanmi Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanmi Financial include Camden National (CAC), American National Bankshares (AMNB), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Financial Institutions (FISI), First Bancorp (FNLC), First of Long Island (FLIC), National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), and Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Hanmi Financial (NASDAQ:HAFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Hanmi Financial received 63 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.42% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Hanmi Financial an outperform vote.
77.4% of Camden National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hanmi Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Hanmi Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hanmi Financial has a net margin of 17.63% compared to Hanmi Financial's net margin of 16.86%. Hanmi Financial's return on equity of 10.90% beat Camden National's return on equity.
Camden National has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hanmi Financial has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.57%. Given Camden National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hanmi Financial is more favorable than Camden National.
In the previous week, Hanmi Financial had 29 more articles in the media than Camden National. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Hanmi Financial and 4 mentions for Camden National. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Hanmi Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that Hanmi Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Camden National pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanmi Financial pays out 41.7% 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. Hanmi Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Hanmi Financial beats Camden National on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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