NBHC vs. WABC, HOPE, FCF, CHCO, SASR, WSBC, NBTB, TBBK, TRMK, and FRME
Should you be buying National Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Bancorp (TBBK), Trustmark (TRMK), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Westamerica Bancorporation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than National Bank. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westamerica Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. National Bank has a consensus price target of $38.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.53%. Given National Bank's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Westamerica Bancorporation is more favorable than National Bank.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Westamerica Bancorporation and Westamerica Bancorporation both had 3 articles in the media. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat National Bank's score of -0.38 indicating that National Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Westamerica Bancorporation's net margin of 22.94%. National Bank's return on equity of 21.99% beat Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% 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. Westamerica Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and National Bank has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Westamerica Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Westamerica Bancorporation received 4 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.45% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 50.32% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation beats National Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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