BOH vs. FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, BPOP, ZION, PNFP, WTFC, and PB
Should you be buying Bank of Hawaii stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Hawaii include First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Hawaii presently has a consensus target price of $52.20, indicating a potential downside of 9.59%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $16.36, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. Given First Horizon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Horizon is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
In the previous week, Bank of Hawaii had 3 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bank of Hawaii and 3 mentions for First Horizon. Bank of Hawaii's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat First Horizon's score of 0.19 indicating that Bank of Hawaii is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Horizon has a net margin of 16.07% compared to Bank of Hawaii's net margin of 15.91%. Bank of Hawaii's return on equity of 13.25% beat First Horizon's return on equity.
First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Hawaii. First Horizon 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.
First Horizon received 240 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote while only 49.00% 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 4.8%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 42.0% 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.
Summary
First Horizon beats Bank of Hawaii on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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