HOPE vs. WABC, NBHC, FCF, CHCO, SASR, PACW, NBTB, TRMK, TBBK, and WSBC
Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), Bancorp (TBBK), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Hope Bancorp vs.
Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hope Bancorp pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 37.1% 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. Hope Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hope Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.63%. Westamerica Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.09%. Given Westamerica Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Westamerica Bancorporation is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 45.73% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 28.44%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 19.84% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
84.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hope Bancorp received 23 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.72% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 53.48% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 3 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.41 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hope Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Westamerica Bancorporation. Hope Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westamerica Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation beats Hope Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HOPE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
Hope Bancorp Competitors List
