Heritage Financial (HFWA) Competitors $24.53 -0.08 (-0.33%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$24.53 0.00 (0.00%) As of 06:26 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock HFWA vs. BANR, BUSE, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, PPBI, STBA, TCBK, and UBSIShould 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 First Busey Community Trust Bancorp First Financial Bancorp. First Merchants Hope Bancorp Pacific Premier Bancorp S&T Bancorp TriCo Bancshares United Bankshares 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. Does the media favor BANR or HFWA? 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 Which has more risk & volatility, BANR or HFWA? 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. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BANR or HFWA? 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. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BANR or HFWA? 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 RatioBanner$832.99M2.79$168.90M$5.2512.81Heritage Financial$317.18M2.63$43.26M$1.4317.15 Is BANR or HFWA more profitable? 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% Do analysts rate BANR or HFWA? 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) 2.60Heritage Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 Is BANR or HFWA a better dividend stock? 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. SummaryBanner beats Heritage Financial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Heritage Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HFWA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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.Skip Chart HFWA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHeritage FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$835.59M$676.78M$12.54B$9.80BDividend Yield3.90%3.29%5.43%4.02%P/E Ratio17.1510.5719.4326.59Price / Sales2.631.8126.38173.43Price / Cash12.4015.8822.1759.36Price / Book0.941.022.366.68Net Income$43.26M$36.70M$1.01B$265.59M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HFWAHeritage Financial4.2923 of 5 stars$24.53-0.3%$27.67+12.8%+10.8%$835.59M$317.18M17.15830News CoveragePositive NewsBANRBanner3.1276 of 5 stars$64.11+0.6%$70.17+9.4%+14.7%$2.20B$630.68M12.211,956Positive NewsBUSEFirst Busey4.9711 of 5 stars$23.19-0.2%$27.17+17.1%-7.5%$2.07B$663.36M20.711,548News CoveragePositive NewsCTBICommunity Trust Bancorp4.3767 of 5 stars$56.49+2.6%$64.50+14.2%+18.5%$996.99M$376.01M11.12980News CoveragePositive NewsFFBCFirst Financial Bancorp.4.4825 of 5 stars$24.68+0.1%$29.00+17.5%+2.3%$2.36B$852.23M9.872,090Insider TradeFRMEFirst Merchants4.8798 of 5 stars$38.97+0.3%$48.25+23.8%+8.6%$2.24B$1.07B10.102,120News CoveragePositive NewsHOPEHope Bancorp4.6612 of 5 stars$10.36+0.6%$13.25+27.9%-11.4%$1.32B$1.00B29.601,244Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradePPBIPacific Premier Bancorp3.6234 of 5 stars$23.24+0.5%$27.50+18.3%-3.1%$2.24B$905.41M16.371,325Positive NewsSTBAS&T Bancorp3.7812 of 5 stars$37.46+0.8%$42.00+12.1%-4.9%$1.43B$564.96M10.991,206Positive NewsTCBKTriCo Bancshares2.5345 of 5 stars$42.82+0.6%$47.60+11.2%+1.7%$1.39B$394.54M12.591,201News CoveragePositive NewsDividend IncreaseUBSIUnited Bankshares3.5814 of 5 stars$37.21+0.9%$40.50+8.8%+1.5%$5.23B$1.12B13.152,553News CoveragePositive NewsDividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Banner Competitors First Busey Competitors Community Trust Bancorp Competitors First Financial Bancorp. 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