CVBF vs. BOH, INDB, PPBI, CATY, SBCF, TOWN, FHB, IBTX, HTLF, and TCBI
Should you be buying CVB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVB Financial include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Independent Bank (INDB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Hawaiian (FHB), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI).
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Bank of Hawaii presently has a consensus price target of $52.20, suggesting a potential downside of 7.50%. CVB Financial has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.57%. Given Bank of Hawaii's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVB Financial has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVB Financial has a net margin of 30.93% compared to CVB Financial's net margin of 15.91%. CVB Financial's return on equity of 13.25% beat Bank of Hawaii's return on equity.
In the previous week, CVB Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Bank of Hawaii. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CVB Financial and 3 mentions for Bank of Hawaii. CVB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Bank of Hawaii's score of 0.47 indicating that Bank of Hawaii is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CVB Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of Hawaii. CVB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of CVB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CVB Financial received 57 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.88% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVB Financial pays out 52.6% 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.
Summary
CVB Financial beats Bank of Hawaii on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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