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HAFC vs. ABCB, BUSE, CATY, FFBC, HOPE, HWC, PPBI, UBSI, UVSP, and FNB

Should you be buying Hanmi Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanmi Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), United Bankshares (UBSI), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Hanmi Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Hanmi Financial's net margin of 15.05%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Hanmi Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hanmi Financial15.05% 8.84% 0.84%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Hanmi Financial presently has a consensus target price of $25.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.69%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.07%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Hanmi Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hanmi Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hanmi Financial pays out 50.7% 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. Hanmi Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Hanmi Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hanmi Financial 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Hanmi Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 3 mentions for Hanmi Financial. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Hanmi Financial's score of 1.06 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hanmi Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hanmi Financial$430.37M1.82$62.20M$2.1312.17
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.47

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Hanmi Financial on 17 of the 19 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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HAFC vs. The Competition

MetricHanmi FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$791.26M$1.91B$12.11B$9.41B
Dividend Yield4.12%3.34%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.1711.8718.3720.09
Price / Sales1.822.4526.0799.01
Price / Cash11.0711.5921.6858.27
Price / Book1.071.292.315.65
Net Income$62.20M$198.60M$997.60M$257.91M
7 Day Performance0.50%-0.68%0.42%2.09%
1 Month Performance14.13%9.06%4.37%11.13%
1 Year Performance32.63%10.56%541.75%18.40%

Hanmi Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.3208 of 5 stars
$25.93
-1.0%
$25.75
-0.7%
+32.3%$791.26M$430.37M12.17630Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3438 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+13.8%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.6157 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
-12.2%$2.18B$663.36M22.431,548Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.1737 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+12.9%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5627 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
-5.4%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8197 of 5 stars
$11.37
-1.6%
$13.50
+18.7%
-11.4%$1.48B$1.00B14.581,244Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8302 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+10.5%$5.23B$2.06B11.063,476Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8203 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-19.9%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.9731 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.6%
$40.63
+7.5%
-0.5%$5.46B$1.63B14.042,553News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
2.9879 of 5 stars
$32.01
-2.1%
$29.00
-9.4%
+17.6%$944.38M$500.41M11.99970Upcoming Earnings
FNB
F.N.B.
4.3456 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+4.4%$5.61B$2.57B12.324,280Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:HAFC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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