AUB vs. CATY, FHB, FIBK, BOH, TCBI, CVBF, FBP, PPBI, UCBI, and INDB
Should you be buying Atlantic Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantic Union Bankshares include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Hawaiian (FHB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), CVB Financial (CVBF), First BanCorp. (FBP), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), United Community Banks (UCBI), and Independent Bank (INDB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) and Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 50.4% 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.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp and Cathay General Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of 0.45 indicating that Cathay General Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 27.02% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 19.31%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 13.89% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cathay General Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $37.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.08%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus target price of $35.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.25%. Given Cathay General Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
Cathay General Bancorp received 310 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Cathay General Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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