HOPE vs. NBHC, WABC, SASR, NWBI, CHCO, ONB, HOMB, FNB, FFIN, and UBSI
Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include National Bank (NBHC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), City (CHCO), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), F.N.B. (FNB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
National Bank presently has a consensus target price of $45.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.32%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus target price of $11.83, indicating a potential downside of 12.48%. Given Hope Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Bank is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.
National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. National Bank pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 56.0% 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.
92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of National Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
National Bank has a net margin of 21.40% compared to National Bank's net margin of 10.80%. Hope Bancorp's return on equity of 10.44% beat National Bank's return on equity.
Hope Bancorp received 26 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.01% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, National Bank had 5 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for National Bank and 15 mentions for Hope Bancorp. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Hope Bancorp's score of -0.22 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
National Bank beats Hope Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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