Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) Competitors $27.26 +0.58 (+2.16%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.26 +0.01 (+0.03%) As of 05:34 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock LOB vs. HWC, BBAR, SFBS, UPST, IFS, AX, ASB, AVAL, EBC, and BURShould you be buying Live Oak Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Oak Bancshares include Hancock Whitney (HWC), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Upstart (UPST), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Axos Financial (AX), Associated Banc (ASB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), and Burford Capital (BUR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Live Oak Bancshares vs. Hancock Whitney Banco BBVA Argentina ServisFirst Bancshares Upstart Intercorp Financial Services Axos Financial Associated Banc Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Eastern Bankshares Burford Capital Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends. Do insiders & institutionals believe in LOB or HWC? 64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney 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. Is LOB or HWC a better dividend stock? Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Live Oak Bancshares pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 33.2% 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. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LOB or HWC? Live Oak Bancshares received 199 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.75% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.38% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLive Oak BancsharesOutperform Votes26553.75% Underperform Votes22846.25% Hancock WhitneyOutperform Votes6650.38% Underperform Votes6549.62% Which has more risk & volatility, LOB or HWC? Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LOB or HWC? Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than Live Oak Bancshares. Hancock Whitney is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLive Oak Bancshares$498.34M2.50$77.47M$1.3021.03Hancock Whitney$1.45B3.22$460.82M$5.4210.01 Does the media favor LOB or HWC? In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 4 more articles in the media than Live Oak Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 5 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Live Oak Bancshares' score of 0.35 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Live Oak Bancshares 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Hancock Whitney 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is LOB or HWC more profitable? Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to Live Oak Bancshares' net margin of 7.10%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.56% beat Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Live Oak Bancshares7.10% 6.88% 0.55% Hancock Whitney 22.40%11.56%1.32% Do analysts rate LOB or HWC? Live Oak Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 54.54%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus target price of $60.56, suggesting a potential upside of 11.65%. Given Live Oak Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Live Oak Bancshares is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Live Oak Bancshares 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Hancock Whitney 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.89 SummaryHancock Whitney beats Live Oak Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Live Oak Bancshares News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LOB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart LOB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLive Oak BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.24B$3.12B$11.26B$8.05BDividend Yield0.45%3.86%5.76%4.22%P/E Ratio18.8124.1822.3918.81Price / Sales2.503.0726.40107.19Price / Cash15.4010.6317.6034.62Price / Book1.351.182.714.35Net Income$77.47M$372.21M$1.03B$247.85M7 Day Performance2.62%2.97%1.73%2.85%1 Month Performance0.26%0.49%0.34%4.29%1 Year Performance-21.59%18.12%538.70%5.92% Live Oak Bancshares Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOBLive Oak Bancshares4.0892 of 5 stars$27.26+2.2%$42.25+55.0%-20.3%$1.24B$498.34M18.80960HWCHancock Whitney4.7324 of 5 stars$48.18-1.0%$60.56+25.7%+13.7%$4.15B$1.45B9.133,630Positive NewsBBARBanco BBVA Argentina4.5495 of 5 stars$19.77-2.5%$27.00+36.6%+102.9%$4.04B$3.43T10.305,850News CoveragePositive NewsSFBSServisFirst Bancshares2.7945 of 5 stars$69.43-0.4%$93.50+34.7%+20.2%$3.79B$477.66M16.69570Positive NewsUPSTUpstart4.3247 of 5 stars$39.75-2.9%$69.46+74.7%+108.5%$3.73B$628.83M-27.231,880Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageGap UpIFSIntercorp Financial Services3.7651 of 5 stars$30.97-1.7%$30.00-3.1%+57.0%$3.54B$6.54B10.267,380Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsAXAxos Financial2.2797 of 5 stars$59.06-1.9%$84.17+42.5%+18.1%$3.37B$1.20B7.941,340Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsASBAssociated Banc4.7858 of 5 stars$20.06+0.5%$26.67+32.9%+4.4%$3.32B$1.03B25.394,100Dividend AnnouncementAVALGrupo Aval Acciones y Valores4.0502 of 5 stars$2.71+2.3%N/A+12.7%$3.22B$16.02T15.9470,200Dividend CutGap UpEBCEastern Bankshares4.7431 of 5 stars$14.61-0.8%$20.25+38.6%+15.7%$3.12B$731.51M21.812,150Dividend IncreasePositive NewsBURBurford Capital4.158 of 5 stars$13.59-1.9%$19.50+43.5%-12.3%$2.98B$341.23M11.72140Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HWC Alternatives BBAR Alternatives SFBS Alternatives UPST Alternatives IFS Alternatives AX Alternatives ASB Alternatives AVAL Alternatives EBC Alternatives BUR Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LOB) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersSecret financial plot unfolding in Washington DC… [DEVELOPING]What stocks are next up to soar in 2025? 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