NIC vs. HOPE, NBHC, WABC, CASH, SASR, FCF, NWBI, OCFC, BFC, and CHCO
Should you be buying Nicolet Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nicolet Bankshares include Hope Bancorp (HOPE), National Bank (NBHC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Pathward Financial (CASH), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Bank First (BFC), and City (CHCO). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Nicolet Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Nicolet Bankshares pays out 15.4% 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.
Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hope Bancorp received 261 more outperform votes than Nicolet Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 5.26% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote.
Nicolet Bankshares has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 10.80%. Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity of 9.91% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Nicolet Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 3 mentions for Nicolet Bankshares. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Nicolet Bankshares' score of -0.15 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nicolet Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $87.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.86%. Given Hope Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Nicolet Bankshares.
43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hope Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Nicolet Bankshares. Hope Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nicolet Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Nicolet Bankshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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