FIBK vs. CATY, FHB, AUB, FBP, TCBI, BOH, CVBF, UCBI, ASB, and PPBI
Should you be buying First Interstate BancSystem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Interstate BancSystem include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Hawaiian (FHB), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First BanCorp. (FBP), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), United Community Banks (UCBI), Associated Banc (ASB), and Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) and First Interstate BancSystem (NASDAQ:FIBK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 27.02% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 18.04%. First Interstate BancSystem's return on equity of 13.89% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Interstate BancSystem. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Interstate BancSystem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cathay General Bancorp received 62 more outperform votes than First Interstate BancSystem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.06% of users gave Cathay General Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.97% of users gave First Interstate BancSystem an outperform vote.
75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cathay General Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $37.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.10%. First Interstate BancSystem has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Cathay General Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Interstate BancSystem is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Interstate BancSystem pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Interstate BancSystem pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Interstate BancSystem has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Interstate BancSystem. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 1 mentions for First Interstate BancSystem. Cathay General Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat First Interstate BancSystem's score of 0.72 indicating that First Interstate BancSystem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats First Interstate BancSystem on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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