SPFI vs. HONE, WASH, THFF, CCBG, CCNE, FMNB, FSBC, SMMF, FFWM, and MCBC
Should you be buying South Plains Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South Plains Financial include HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), First Financial (THFF), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), CNB Financial (CCNE), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), First Foundation (FFWM), and Macatawa Bank (MCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) and HarborOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:HONE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarborOne Bancorp has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, South Plains Financial had 9 more articles in the media than HarborOne Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for South Plains Financial and 3 mentions for HarborOne Bancorp. South Plains Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat HarborOne Bancorp's score of 0.33 indicating that South Plains Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
South Plains Financial has higher revenue and earnings than HarborOne Bancorp. South Plains Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarborOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
South Plains Financial has a net margin of 21.54% compared to HarborOne Bancorp's net margin of 5.62%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 11.06% beat HarborOne Bancorp's return on equity.
South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. HarborOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. South Plains Financial pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HarborOne Bancorp pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
South Plains Financial currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.89%. Given South Plains Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than HarborOne Bancorp.
HarborOne Bancorp received 220 more outperform votes than South Plains Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.56% of users gave HarborOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.66% of users gave South Plains Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
South Plains Financial beats HarborOne Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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