First Hawaiian (FHB) Competitors

First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FHB or BSAC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Hawaiian	$780.50M	3.70	$230.13M	$1.84	12.42
Banco Santander-Chile	$2.83T	0.00	$883.95M	$1.94	12.41

Do analysts prefer FHB or BSAC?

First Hawaiian currently has a consensus target price of $27.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.36%. Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus target price of $21.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.41%. Given First Hawaiian's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Hawaiian	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57
Banco Santander-Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media favor FHB or BSAC?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Hawaiian and 11 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat First Hawaiian's score of 0.68 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Hawaiian	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander-Chile	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FHB or BSAC?

First Hawaiian received 22 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.97% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote while only 49.56% of users gave First Hawaiian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 280 49.56%	Underperform Votes 285 50.44%
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 53.97%	Underperform Votes 220 46.03%

Which has more volatility and risk, FHB or BSAC?

First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FHB or BSAC more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 19.74% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 19.16%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat First Hawaiian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Hawaiian	19.74%	8.91%	0.96%
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FHB or BSAC?

97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of First Hawaiian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FHB or BSAC a better dividend stock?

First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Hawaiian pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 51.5% 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 Hawaiian and Banco Santander-Chile tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.