IBOC vs. EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, ZION, CBSH, and SNV
Should you be buying International Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Bancshares include East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
International Bancshares vs.
International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
East West Bancorp received 371 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.
East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $109.77, suggesting a potential upside of 5.81%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than International Bancshares.
65.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than International Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for East West Bancorp and 1 mentions for International Bancshares. International Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.97 indicating that International Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than International Bancshares. International Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than East West Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. International Bancshares pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 27.8% 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. International Bancshares has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
International Bancshares has a net margin of 38.65% compared to East West Bancorp's net margin of 24.96%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 16.07% beat International Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats International Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IBOC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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