HAFC vs. CAC, AMNB, BDGE, SMBK, PFIS, FISI, FNLC, FLIC, ATLO, and NKSH
Should you be buying Hanmi Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanmi Financial include Camden National (CAC), American National Bankshares (AMNB), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Financial Institutions (FISI), First Bancorp (FNLC), First of Long Island (FLIC), Ames National (ATLO), and National Bankshares (NKSH).
Hanmi Financial (NASDAQ:HAFC) and Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Hanmi Financial and Hanmi Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Hanmi Financial's score of -0.57 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hanmi Financial received 63 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.42% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Hanmi Financial an outperform vote.
Hanmi Financial currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Hanmi Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hanmi Financial is more favorable than Camden National.
Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Hanmi Financial pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camden National pays out 56.6% 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. Hanmi Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hanmi Financial has a net margin of 19.84% compared to Camden National's net margin of 16.86%. Hanmi Financial's return on equity of 11.88% beat Camden National's return on equity.
Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden National has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hanmi Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Hanmi Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Camden National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hanmi Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Camden National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hanmi Financial beats Camden National on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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