WABC vs. NBHC, HOPE, FCF, CHCO, SASR, TRMK, NBTB, WSBC, TBBK, and FRME
Should you be buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westamerica Bancorporation include National Bank (NBHC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), WesBanco (WSBC), Bancorp (TBBK), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to National Bank's net margin of 22.94%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 21.99% beat National Bank's return on equity.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of National Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, National Bank had 9 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for National Bank and 13 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Westamerica Bancorporation's score of 0.32 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 share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Westamerica Bancorporation received 4 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.58% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Westamerica Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.93%. National Bank has a consensus target price of $38.63, indicating a potential upside of 18.01%. Given National Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Bank is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
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.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation and National Bank tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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