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Hancock Whitney (HWC) Competitors

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$62.35 +0.09 (+0.14%)
Closing price 09/3/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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

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

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 10 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Hancock Whitney's score of 1.23 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hancock Whitney
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company 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 pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hancock Whitney pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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 increased 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.

Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hancock Whitney currently has a consensus price target of $67.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.46%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 0.92%. Given Hancock Whitney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hancock Whitney
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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
Hancock Whitney23.28% 11.21% 1.35%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

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
Hancock Whitney$1.47B3.61$460.82M$5.4311.48
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.44$358.68M$5.6812.82

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Ameris Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HWC vs. The Competition

MetricHancock WhitneyBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.28B$2.05B$12.59B$9.75B
Dividend Yield2.86%2.55%5.43%4.49%
P/E Ratio11.4811.92229.6426.60
Price / Sales3.612.5831.56158.37
Price / Cash10.4113.0619.0628.92
Price / Book1.211.192.336.56
Net Income$460.82M$156.23M$1.01B$266.04M
7 Day Performance-1.22%-0.29%-0.37%-0.89%
1 Month Performance5.88%5.47%3.19%4.34%
1 Year Performance18.76%18.55%542.31%24.06%

Hancock Whitney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4775 of 5 stars
$62.35
+0.1%
$67.63
+8.5%
+17.2%$5.28B$1.47B11.483,476Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3039 of 5 stars
$73.36
-0.3%
$72.14
-1.7%
+18.6%$5.03B$1.13B14.082,850News Coverage
Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7502 of 5 stars
$49.91
+0.2%
$49.71
-0.4%
+14.3%$3.45B$1.39B12.061,180Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4401 of 5 stars
$26.48
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.0%
+0.3%$2.54B$1.62B10.592,110News Coverage
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.5186 of 5 stars
$19.66
-0.1%
$21.13
+7.5%
+1.2%$3.58B$1.86B11.503,300Positive News
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.5887 of 5 stars
$22.89
+0.5%
$26.40
+15.3%
+16.5%$8.97B$2.10B13.544,066Positive News
OZK
Bank OZK
3.9855 of 5 stars
$52.47
-0.3%
$54.25
+3.4%
+23.6%$5.97B$1.67B8.523,028News Coverage
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9174 of 5 stars
$137.29
-0.6%
$145.77
+6.2%
+27.1%$9.19B$2.57B12.995,903Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
ASB
Associated Banc
4.7138 of 5 stars
$26.97
-0.2%
$27.78
+3.0%
+17.0%$4.47B$2.39B35.024,000Positive News
Insider Trade
FNB
F.N.B.
4.4798 of 5 stars
$16.71
0.0%
$18.64
+11.6%
+11.1%$6.00B$2.57B13.054,280Positive News
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9277 of 5 stars
$51.54
+1.3%
$59.94
+16.3%
+14.5%$7.15B$2.30B9.894,775News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:HWC) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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