Amerant Bancorp (AMTB) Competitors

First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) and Amerant Bancorp (NYSE:AMTB) are both banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FHB or AMTB?

97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FHB or AMTB?

First Hawaiian has higher revenue and earnings than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Hawaiian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Hawaiian	$1.17B	2.73	$230.13M	$1.94	13.18
Amerant Bancorp	$605.50M	1.45	-$15.75M	-$0.20	-105.30

Is FHB or AMTB more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 21.45% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of 0.60%. First Hawaiian's return on equity of 9.29% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Hawaiian	21.45%	9.29%	1.04%
Amerant Bancorp	0.60%	7.12%	0.63%

Which has more volatility & risk, FHB or AMTB?

First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FHB or AMTB?

First Hawaiian currently has a consensus price target of $27.07, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Given First Hawaiian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Hawaiian	4 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.43
Amerant Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to FHB or AMTB?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 3 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Hawaiian and 0 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. First Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Amerant Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Hawaiian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Hawaiian	Very Positive
Amerant Bancorp	Neutral

Is FHB or AMTB a better dividend stock?

First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Hawaiian pays out 53.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amerant Bancorp pays out -180.0% 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.

Summary

First Hawaiian beats Amerant Bancorp on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.