HWC vs. COLB, GBCI, FFIN, IBOC, UBSI, SFBS, ABCB, HOMB, ASB, and UCBI
Should you be buying Hancock Whitney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hancock Whitney include Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), International Bancshares (IBOC), United Bankshares (UBSI), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Associated Banc (ASB), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Hancock Whitney currently has a consensus price target of $51.43, indicating a potential upside of 7.46%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $22.19, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. Given Columbia Banking System's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.
Hancock Whitney has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held 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.
Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Hancock Whitney pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 61.8% 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.
Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.52%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.89% beat Columbia Banking System's return on equity.
Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbia Banking System received 214 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.37% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote while only 44.35% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 2 more articles in the media than Columbia Banking System. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 10 mentions for Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 0.64 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hancock Whitney beats Columbia Banking System on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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