BANC vs. WAFD, WSFS, NWBI, OCFC, DCOM, PRK, FFBC, FRME, CBU, and SFNC
Should you be buying Banc of California stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banc of California include WaFd (WAFD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Park National (PRK), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Community Bank System (CBU), and Simmons First National (SFNC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) and Banc of California (NYSE:BANC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
WaFd has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banc of California has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banc of California received 92 more outperform votes than WaFd when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.93% of users gave Banc of California an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote.
WaFd has a net margin of 15.33% compared to WaFd's net margin of -29.10%. Banc of California's return on equity of 10.02% beat WaFd's return on equity.
WaFd has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banc of California. Banc of California is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WaFd, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Banc of California had 19 more articles in the media than WaFd. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Banc of California and 16 mentions for WaFd. WaFd's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Banc of California's score of -0.01 indicating that Banc of California is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.7% of WaFd shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Banc of California shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of WaFd shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Banc of California shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Banc of California pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. WaFd pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banc of California pays out -12.0% 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. WaFd has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Banc of California has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. WaFd is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
WaFd presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.28%. Banc of California has a consensus target price of $16.64, indicating a potential upside of 18.24%. Given Banc of California's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WaFd is more favorable than Banc of California.
Summary
WaFd beats Banc of California on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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