Free Trial

First Hawaiian (FHB) Competitors

First Hawaiian logo
$25.51 +0.90 (+3.66%)
Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$25.52 +0.01 (+0.04%)
As of 08/22/2025 04:10 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

FHB vs. ABCB, CATY, FRME, HWC, PPBI, SBCF, WSFS, WTFC, BOH, and FNB

Should you be buying First Hawaiian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Hawaiian include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Hawaiian vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.09%. First Hawaiian has a consensus target price of $27.07, suggesting a potential upside of 6.12%. Given First Hawaiian's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
First Hawaiian
4 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.43

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than First Hawaiian. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 10 mentions for First Hawaiian. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat First Hawaiian's score of 1.22 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
First Hawaiian
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Hawaiian. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Hawaiian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.39$358.68M$5.6812.69
First Hawaiian$1.17B2.73$230.13M$1.9413.15

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to First Hawaiian's net margin of 21.45%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat First Hawaiian's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
First Hawaiian 21.45%9.29%1.04%

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of First Hawaiian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Hawaiian pays out 53.6% 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

Ameris Bancorp beats First Hawaiian on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get First Hawaiian News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FHB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FHB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

FHB vs. The Competition

MetricFirst HawaiianBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.07B$1.90B$12.41B$9.58B
Dividend Yield4.23%3.46%5.52%4.10%
P/E Ratio13.1518.4519.3926.05
Price / Sales2.732.7326.10103.82
Price / Cash11.7411.3921.7558.48
Price / Book1.181.302.356.61
Net Income$230.13M$198.60M$1.01B$265.56M
7 Day Performance4.12%4.31%1.73%1.97%
1 Month Performance-0.23%2.93%1.02%-0.36%
1 Year Performance5.15%11.69%537.30%19.03%

First Hawaiian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.2821 of 5 stars
$25.51
+3.7%
$27.07
+6.1%
+8.6%$3.07B$1.17B13.152,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0778 of 5 stars
$67.18
+0.1%
$72.14
+7.4%
+23.2%$4.63B$1.14B12.892,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7324 of 5 stars
$45.48
+0.2%
$49.71
+9.3%
+18.2%$3.18B$1.39B10.991,266Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.8735 of 5 stars
$37.47
-0.2%
$48.25
+28.8%
+14.3%$2.17B$1.07B9.712,120News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.54 of 5 stars
$58.24
0.0%
$66.71
+14.6%
+25.9%$4.94B$2.06B10.733,476Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6642 of 5 stars
$21.87
+0.7%
$27.50
+25.7%
-0.8%$2.11B$905.41M15.401,325Positive News
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
3.1958 of 5 stars
$27.42
-0.6%
$29.40
+7.2%
+19.7%$2.37B$808.99M16.821,504News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.7145 of 5 stars
$53.34
-0.2%
$66.00
+23.7%
+11.7%$2.99B$1.40B11.702,309
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9286 of 5 stars
$122.55
-1.0%
$145.77
+18.9%
+30.3%$8.29B$3.97B11.595,903Positive News
Short Interest ↓
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
4.4824 of 5 stars
$63.30
+0.1%
$74.40
+17.5%
+6.6%$2.52B$1.04B16.611,865Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FNB
F.N.B.
4.8376 of 5 stars
$14.90
-0.3%
$18.64
+25.1%
+16.1%$5.37B$2.57B11.644,280Positive News
Options Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:FHB) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners