SASR vs. HOPE, WABC, PACW, NBHC, FCF, TRMK, CHCO, WSBC, HAFC, and NBTB
Should you be buying Sandy Spring Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandy Spring Bancorp include Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Trustmark (TRMK), City (CHCO), WesBanco (WSBC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Sandy Spring Bancorp vs.
Sandy Spring Bancorp (NASDAQ:SASR) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Sandy Spring Bancorp received 29 more outperform votes than Hope Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.54% of users gave Sandy Spring Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than Sandy Spring Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 6 mentions for Sandy Spring Bancorp. Sandy Spring Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.71 indicating that Sandy Spring Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sandy Spring Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 34.1% 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. Hope Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hope Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sandy Spring Bancorp. Hope Bancorp 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.
Sandy Spring Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.84%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus target price of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 70.66%. Given Hope Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Sandy Spring Bancorp.
Sandy Spring Bancorp has a net margin of 27.85% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 22.90%. Sandy Spring Bancorp's return on equity of 11.05% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
64.9% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sandy Spring Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sandy Spring Bancorp beats Hope Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SASR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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