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HWC vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FULT, ONB, OZK, WTFC, ASB, FNB, and SNV

Should you be buying Hancock Whitney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hancock Whitney include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Fulton Financial (FULT), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Bank OZK (OZK), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Hancock Whitney vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 8.80%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus target price of $66.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Hancock Whitney's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Hancock Whitney
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 33.1% 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. Hancock Whitney has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Hancock Whitney is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Hancock Whitney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.03$358.68M$5.4012.16
Hancock Whitney$2.06B2.52$460.82M$5.4311.14

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 23.28% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.21% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Hancock Whitney 23.28%11.21%1.35%

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 13 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 0.70 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hancock Whitney
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Ameris Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HWC vs. The Competition

MetricHancock WhitneyBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.25B$2.03B$12.32B$9.48B
Dividend Yield2.94%2.58%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio11.1412.2819.0619.95
Price / Sales2.522.3726.03102.72
Price / Cash10.1512.7421.8458.97
Price / Book1.191.212.275.90
Net Income$460.82M$154.64M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance0.45%0.24%0.79%1.94%
1 Month Performance7.78%6.16%3.81%12.02%
1 Year Performance9.74%15.82%541.45%20.81%

Hancock Whitney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8268 of 5 stars
$60.51
-1.3%
$66.71
+10.3%
+9.2%$5.25B$2.06B11.143,476Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2604 of 5 stars
$66.67
-1.0%
$71.43
+7.1%
+9.0%$4.59B$1.12B12.802,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.144 of 5 stars
$48.09
-0.2%
$50.17
+4.3%
+12.1%$3.37B$1.39B12.141,266Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4163 of 5 stars
$24.59
-1.1%
$28.75
+16.9%
-8.8%$2.35B$1.62B10.202,090News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.4545 of 5 stars
$19.40
-1.1%
$21.13
+8.9%
-4.4%$3.53B$1.86B11.353,400Analyst Revision
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9058 of 5 stars
$22.65
-1.0%
$26.30
+16.1%
+9.2%$7.24B$2.96B13.174,066Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
OZK
Bank OZK
3.9502 of 5 stars
$51.77
-0.4%
$52.88
+2.1%
+13.4%$5.89B$2.77B8.403,028Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6064 of 5 stars
$131.38
-2.0%
$139.92
+6.5%
+22.8%$8.79B$3.97B13.005,903Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8947 of 5 stars
$25.58
-0.9%
$27.22
+6.4%
+9.5%$4.24B$2.39B29.744,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
FNB
F.N.B.
4.1418 of 5 stars
$15.99
-0.5%
$18.57
+16.2%
+7.2%$5.75B$2.57B12.494,280Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.6529 of 5 stars
$55.56
-0.3%
$60.67
+9.2%
+24.6%$7.72B$3.43B10.664,775Trending News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:HWC) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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