WASH vs. THFF, FMNB, CCBG, CCNE, HTBK, HBNC, CPF, MOFG, EGBN, and EBTC
Should you be buying Washington Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Washington Trust Bancorp include First Financial (THFF), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), CNB Financial (CCNE), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), and Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) and Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
First Financial currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.07%. Given Washington Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First Financial is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
First Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. First Financial pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Washington Trust Bancorp pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
First Financial has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Washington Trust Bancorp. First Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Washington Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Washington Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Financial and 6 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp. Washington Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat First Financial's score of 0.73 indicating that First Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial received 154 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave First Financial an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
First Financial has a net margin of 20.16% compared to First Financial's net margin of 12.01%. Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.16% beat First Financial's return on equity.
72.7% of First Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
First Financial beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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