HOPE vs. NBHC, WABC, FCF, CHCO, SASR, WSBC, TBBK, NBTB, TRMK, and FRME
Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include National Bank (NBHC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), WesBanco (WSBC), Bancorp (TBBK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
National Bank has a net margin of 22.94% compared to National Bank's net margin of 10.80%. Hope Bancorp's return on equity of 11.20% beat National Bank's return on equity.
National Bank has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
National Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hope Bancorp. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. National Bank pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 56.0% 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. National Bank has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Hope Bancorp received 28 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.58% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.
National Bank currently has a consensus price target of $38.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.77%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.97%. Given Hope Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Bank is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.
92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of National Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 12 more articles in the media than National Bank. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 1 mentions for National Bank. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.63 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
National Bank beats Hope Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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