SBCF vs. HTLF, FBK, RNST, BANR, LKFN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, and BPOP
Should you be buying Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida include Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), FB Financial (FBK), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida currently has a consensus target price of $26.30, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. Heartland Financial USA has a consensus target price of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Heartland Financial USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heartland Financial USA pays out 72.3% 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. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a net margin of 15.08% compared to Heartland Financial USA's net margin of 8.17%. Heartland Financial USA's return on equity of 11.33% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.
Heartland Financial USA received 102 more outperform votes than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.24% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Heartland Financial USA an outperform vote.
81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Heartland Financial USA had 2 more articles in the media than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Heartland Financial USA and 2 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. Heartland Financial USA's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of 1.15 indicating that Heartland Financial USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Heartland Financial USA. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Financial USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Heartland Financial USA beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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