FUNC vs. HAFC, CAC, AROW, SMBK, ALRS, SHBI, GNTY, NEWT, CARE, and CBNK
Should you be buying First United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First United include Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Arrow Financial (AROW), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), NewtekOne (NEWT), Carter Bankshares (CARE), and Capital Bancorp (CBNK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First United (NASDAQ:FUNC) and Hanmi Financial (NASDAQ:HAFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
33.3% of First United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of First United shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hanmi Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First United. Hanmi Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hanmi Financial has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.40%. Given Hanmi Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hanmi Financial is more favorable than First United.
In the previous week, First United and First United both had 1 articles in the media. First United's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Hanmi Financial's score of 0.51 indicating that First United is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First United has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First United pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. First United pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanmi Financial pays out 41.7% 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.
Hanmi Financial has a net margin of 17.63% compared to First United's net margin of 13.82%. First United's return on equity of 11.64% beat Hanmi Financial's return on equity.
Hanmi Financial received 190 more outperform votes than First United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave First United an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Hanmi Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Hanmi Financial beats First United on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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