WABC vs. HOPE, SASR, NBHC, PACW, FCF, TRMK, CHCO, WSBC, NBTB, and FRME
Should you be buying Westamerica Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westamerica Bancorporation include Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), National Bank (NBHC), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Trustmark (TRMK), City (CHCO), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Westamerica Bancorporation vs.
Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 7 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Westamerica Bancorporation's score of 0.45 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 47.95% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 22.90%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 23.10% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 32.3% 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.
Westamerica Bancorporation currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.17%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus target price of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 79.25%. Given Hope Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
Hope Bancorp received 23 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.94% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.65% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Hope Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Westamerica Bancorporation. Hope Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westamerica Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
76.7% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Westamerica Bancorporation on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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