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HFWA vs. BANR, BUSE, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, PPBI, STBA, TCBK, and UBSI

Should you be buying Heritage Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Financial include Banner (BANR), First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Heritage Financial vs. Its Competitors

Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Heritage Financial (NASDAQ:HFWA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Banner and Banner both had 8 articles in the media. Heritage Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Banner's score of 1.14 indicating that Heritage Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Banner
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Heritage Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Banner has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Financial has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Heritage Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Banner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Heritage Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banner$832.99M2.79$168.90M$5.2512.81
Heritage Financial$317.18M2.63$43.26M$1.4317.15

Banner has a net margin of 21.15% compared to Heritage Financial's net margin of 15.22%. Banner's return on equity of 10.06% beat Heritage Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banner21.15% 10.06% 1.13%
Heritage Financial 15.22%7.34%0.90%

Banner currently has a consensus target price of $70.17, indicating a potential upside of 4.32%. Heritage Financial has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Heritage Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Financial is more favorable than Banner.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banner
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Heritage Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Heritage Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banner pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heritage Financial pays out 67.1% 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. Heritage Financial has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Heritage Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Banner beats Heritage Financial 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

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HFWA vs. The Competition

MetricHeritage FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$835.59M$676.78M$12.54B$9.80B
Dividend Yield3.90%3.29%5.43%4.02%
P/E Ratio17.1510.5719.4326.59
Price / Sales2.631.8126.38173.43
Price / Cash12.4015.8822.1759.36
Price / Book0.941.022.366.68
Net Income$43.26M$36.70M$1.01B$265.59M
7 Day Performance6.33%3.57%2.27%3.42%
1 Month Performance4.43%3.35%2.27%1.09%
1 Year Performance6.65%8.40%540.60%23.84%

Heritage Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFWA
Heritage Financial
4.2923 of 5 stars
$24.53
-0.3%
$27.67
+12.8%
+10.8%$835.59M$317.18M17.15830News Coverage
Positive News
BANR
Banner
3.1276 of 5 stars
$64.11
+0.6%
$70.17
+9.4%
+14.7%$2.20B$630.68M12.211,956Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9711 of 5 stars
$23.19
-0.2%
$27.17
+17.1%
-7.5%$2.07B$663.36M20.711,548News Coverage
Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.3767 of 5 stars
$56.49
+2.6%
$64.50
+14.2%
+18.5%$996.99M$376.01M11.12980News Coverage
Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4825 of 5 stars
$24.68
+0.1%
$29.00
+17.5%
+2.3%$2.36B$852.23M9.872,090Insider Trade
FRME
First Merchants
4.8798 of 5 stars
$38.97
+0.3%
$48.25
+23.8%
+8.6%$2.24B$1.07B10.102,120News Coverage
Positive News
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.6612 of 5 stars
$10.36
+0.6%
$13.25
+27.9%
-11.4%$1.32B$1.00B29.601,244Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6234 of 5 stars
$23.24
+0.5%
$27.50
+18.3%
-3.1%$2.24B$905.41M16.371,325Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.7812 of 5 stars
$37.46
+0.8%
$42.00
+12.1%
-4.9%$1.43B$564.96M10.991,206Positive News
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
2.5345 of 5 stars
$42.82
+0.6%
$47.60
+11.2%
+1.7%$1.39B$394.54M12.591,201News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5814 of 5 stars
$37.21
+0.9%
$40.50
+8.8%
+1.5%$5.23B$1.12B13.152,553News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:HFWA) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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