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AX vs. CATY, FFBC, FFIN, HWC, WSFS, WTFC, BY, FNB, HOMB, and SSB

Should you be buying Axos Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axos Financial include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Hancock Whitney (HWC), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Byline Bancorp (BY), F.N.B. (FNB), Home BancShares (HOMB), and SouthState Bank (SSB).

Axos Financial vs. Its Competitors

Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 22.26% compared to Axos Financial's net margin of 22.24%. Axos Financial's return on equity of 17.11% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axos Financial22.24% 17.11% 1.82%
Cathay General Bancorp 22.26%10.60%1.30%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axos Financial$1.95B2.34$432.91M$7.4610.78
Cathay General Bancorp$781.55M4.15$285.98M$4.3310.84

Axos Financial has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 19 more articles in the media than Axos Financial. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 6 mentions for Axos Financial. Axos Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of 0.52 indicating that Axos Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axos Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cathay General Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Axos Financial currently has a consensus price target of $96.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.38%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $50.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.80%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axos Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Cathay General Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Axos Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Axos Financial beats Cathay General Bancorp on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AX vs. The Competition

MetricAxos FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.46B$7.93B$12.64B$22.00B
Dividend YieldN/A4.93%5.57%3.57%
P/E Ratio10.7815.9422.0833.18
Price / Sales2.346.6030.5561.30
Price / Cash12.4228.4722.3624.54
Price / Book1.692.692.204.66
Net Income$432.91M$310.95M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.21%3.64%1.53%2.19%
1 Month Performance-7.75%3.54%0.20%2.04%
1 Year Performance24.04%25.40%538.04%13.99%

Axos Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AX
Axos Financial
3.9557 of 5 stars
$80.44
+2.0%
$96.83
+20.4%
+20.7%$4.46B$1.95B10.781,989News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.2957 of 5 stars
$47.00
+2.4%
$50.17
+6.7%
+3.0%$3.17B$1.39B11.351,266News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8832 of 5 stars
$24.30
+2.4%
$29.83
+22.8%
-5.3%$2.27B$1.62B9.722,090Trending News
Earnings Report
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
4.2522 of 5 stars
$32.24
+2.3%
$38.67
+19.9%
-15.6%$4.51B$752.91M18.331,500News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.7608 of 5 stars
$56.57
+2.4%
$69.86
+23.5%
+7.6%$4.68B$2.06B9.803,476Dividend Announcement
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.6306 of 5 stars
$52.58
+2.4%
$66.25
+26.0%
+4.5%$2.87B$1.40B11.192,309Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9786 of 5 stars
$126.55
+3.1%
$149.57
+18.2%
+13.0%$8.22B$3.97B11.975,903Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BY
Byline Bancorp
4.0541 of 5 stars
$26.90
+2.7%
$33.25
+23.6%
+6.2%$1.20B$624.78M10.041,027Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6753 of 5 stars
$15.51
+2.8%
$18.71
+20.7%
+7.5%$5.42B$2.57B11.154,280
HOMB
Home BancShares
4.01 of 5 stars
$27.41
+0.9%
$32.83
+19.8%
+0.8%$5.35B$1.47B12.072,552Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
SSB
SouthState Bank
4.6068 of 5 stars
$94.62
+2.3%
$117.08
+23.7%
N/A$9.36B$2.44B14.104,986Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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