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FHB vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HWC, WSFS, WTFC, BOH, FNB, and SNV

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 Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), F.N.B. (FNB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Hawaiian vs. Its Competitors

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

First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. First Hawaiian pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to First Hawaiian's net margin of 20.36%. 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
First Hawaiian20.36% 8.99% 0.99%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

First Hawaiian currently has a consensus price target of $27.64, suggesting a potential upside of 6.85%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.14%. Given First Hawaiian's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

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

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

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 6 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Hawaiian and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat First Hawaiian's score of 0.63 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Ameris Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
First Hawaiian$1.17B2.79$230.13M$1.8414.06
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.46

First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats First Hawaiian on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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FHB vs. The Competition

MetricFirst HawaiianBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.25B$1.96B$12.08B$9.10B
Dividend Yield4.02%3.32%5.54%4.02%
P/E Ratio14.0611.9119.2020.26
Price / Sales2.792.6525.66153.06
Price / Cash12.3411.6221.4557.67
Price / Book1.261.302.285.49
Net Income$230.13M$198.60M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-2.14%-0.97%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance10.51%9.06%3.93%9.59%
1 Year Performance15.29%18.83%539.45%16.41%

First Hawaiian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.0621 of 5 stars
$25.87
-1.3%
$27.64
+6.9%
+15.3%$3.25B$1.17B14.062,000Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.249 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.0889 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+22.1%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266News Coverage
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4101 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+8.3%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Analyst Downgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.7853 of 5 stars
$40.27
-1.2%
$46.40
+15.2%
+15.8%$2.38B$1.07B11.312,120News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5746 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+20.1%$5.23B$2.06B11.063,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4719 of 5 stars
$58.17
-1.5%
$62.75
+7.9%
+17.8%$3.35B$1.40B13.072,309News Coverage
Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6065 of 5 stars
$130.61
-1.0%
$135.77
+4.0%
+26.7%$8.83B$3.97B12.925,903Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
3.8526 of 5 stars
$69.71
-2.0%
$77.00
+10.5%
+13.0%$2.83B$1.04B19.581,865Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
3.9421 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+9.7%$5.61B$2.57B12.324,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.5302 of 5 stars
$54.55
-1.0%
$57.11
+4.7%
+28.3%$7.66B$3.43B15.284,775News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FHB) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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