HF vs. VLY, IBOC, APAM, APLE, CNS, CUZ, VCTR, TCN, PK, and SFBS
Should you be buying HFF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HFF include Valley National Bancorp (VLY), International Bancshares (IBOC), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Victory Capital (VCTR), Tricon Residential (TCN), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), and ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
HFF (NYSE:HF) and Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
HFF has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valley National Bancorp has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valley National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than HFF. HFF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valley National Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HFF has a net margin of 18.38% compared to Valley National Bancorp's net margin of 12.88%. HFF's return on equity of 41.56% beat Valley National Bancorp's return on equity.
85.8% of HFF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of HFF shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Valley National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HFF received 270 more outperform votes than Valley National Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.45% of users gave HFF an outperform vote while only 23.19% of users gave Valley National Bancorp an outperform vote.
Valley National Bancorp has a consensus price target of $8.89, suggesting a potential upside of 24.67%. Given Valley National Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valley National Bancorp is more favorable than HFF.
In the previous week, Valley National Bancorp had 18 more articles in the media than HFF. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Valley National Bancorp and 0 mentions for HFF. Valley National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat HFF's score of 0.00 indicating that Valley National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
HFF beats Valley National Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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