SASR vs. WABC, NBHC, HOPE, FCF, HAFC, CAC, CHCO, TRMK, FISI, and NBTB
Should you be buying Sandy Spring Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandy Spring Bancorp include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), City (CHCO), Trustmark (TRMK), Financial Institutions (FISI), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and Sandy Spring Bancorp (NASDAQ:SASR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandy Spring Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Westamerica Bancorporation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sandy Spring Bancorp. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandy Spring Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Westamerica Bancorporation's net margin of 12.74%. Sandy Spring Bancorp's return on equity of 21.99% beat Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity.
Westamerica Bancorporation currently has a consensus target price of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.77%. Sandy Spring Bancorp has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.35%. Given Sandy Spring Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Westamerica Bancorporation is more favorable than Sandy Spring Bancorp.
In the previous week, Sandy Spring Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sandy Spring Bancorp and 19 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Sandy Spring Bancorp's score of 0.27 indicating that Sandy Spring Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays out 66.7% 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. Westamerica Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Sandy Spring Bancorp received 52 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.47% of users gave Sandy Spring Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Summary
Westamerica Bancorporation beats Sandy Spring Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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