BANC vs. WSFS, WAFD, NWBI, OCFC, DCOM, SFNC, FFBC, CBU, PRK, and FRME
Should you be buying Banc of California stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banc of California include WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Community Bank System (CBU), Park National (PRK), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and Banc of California (NYSE:BANC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Banc of California received 106 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.93% of users gave Banc of California an outperform vote while only 50.89% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.
WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Banc of California. Banc of California is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WSFS Financial currently has a consensus target price of $43.67, indicating a potential downside of 6.09%. Banc of California has a consensus target price of $16.64, indicating a potential upside of 11.40%. Given WSFS Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banc of California is more favorable than WSFS Financial.
In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Banc of California. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for WSFS Financial and 3 mentions for Banc of California. Banc of California's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.70 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Banc of California shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Banc of California shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
WSFS Financial has a net margin of 20.73% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of -29.10%. Banc of California's return on equity of 11.94% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.
WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banc of California has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Banc of California pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. WSFS Financial pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banc of California pays out -12.0% 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. Banc of California has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Banc of California is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
WSFS Financial beats Banc of California on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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