HWC vs. COLB, ABCB, AUB, ASB, ISBC, BSBR, ALLY, BSAC, SOFI, and OMF
Should you be buying Hancock Whitney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hancock Whitney include Columbia Banking System (COLB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Associated Banc (ASB), Investors Bancorp (ISBC), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Ally Financial (ALLY), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), and OneMain (OMF).
Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Columbia Banking System pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 37.3% 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.
Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hancock Whitney has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 12 more articles in the media than Hancock Whitney. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 6 mentions for Hancock Whitney. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 0.99 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Columbia Banking System received 210 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.55% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 18.63% compared to Hancock Whitney's net margin of 16.52%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.58% beat Columbia Banking System's return on equity.
92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Hancock Whitney 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.
Columbia Banking System presently has a consensus price target of $23.81, indicating a potential downside of 11.79%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $56.78, indicating a potential downside of 0.60%. Given Columbia Banking System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hancock Whitney is more favorable than Columbia Banking System.
Summary
Hancock Whitney beats Columbia Banking System on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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