HOPE vs. NBHC, FCF, WABC, CHCO, SASR, TRMK, NBTB, TBBK, WSBC, and FRME
Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hope Bancorp pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bank pays out 29.0% 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.
Hope Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.85%. National Bank has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.75%. Given National Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Bank is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 19 more articles in the media than National Bank. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 2 mentions for National Bank. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat National Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bank has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hope Bancorp. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Bank has a net margin of 25.40% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 12.19%. National Bank's return on equity of 12.20% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of National Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of National Bank shares are owned 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.
Hope Bancorp received 28 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.14% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 51.58% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
National Bank beats Hope Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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