CASH vs. NBHC, WABC, HOPE, FCF, NWBI, NIC, PFS, CHCO, CLBK, and SASR
Should you be buying Pathward Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pathward Financial include National Bank (NBHC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), City (CHCO), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Bank has a net margin of 22.94% compared to Pathward Financial's net margin of 22.90%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 25.09% beat National Bank's return on equity.
Pathward Financial received 96 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote.
Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pathward Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pathward Financial pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank pays out 31.0% 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.
Pathward Financial presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.32%. National Bank has a consensus price target of $38.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.53%. Given Pathward Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than National Bank.
Pathward Financial has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank. Pathward Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 2 more articles in the media than National Bank. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pathward Financial and 2 mentions for National Bank. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat National Bank's score of 0.84 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats National Bank on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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