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Bank of Hawaii (BOH) Competitors

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BOH vs. ABCB, BANR, CVBF, FFBC, FHB, SBCF, UBSI, WSFS, ZION, and BKU

Should you be buying Bank of Hawaii stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Hawaii include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), CVB Financial (CVBF), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Hawaiian (FHB), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), and BankUnited (BKU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Bank of Hawaii vs. Its Competitors

Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Bank of Hawaii had 7 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Bank of Hawaii and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Bank of Hawaii's score of 0.33 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of Hawaii
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ameris Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of Hawaii$1.04B2.38$149.99M$3.8116.26
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.43$358.68M$5.6812.81

Bank of Hawaii currently has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.10%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Bank of Hawaii's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of Hawaii is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of Hawaii
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Bank of Hawaii's net margin of 16.30%. Bank of Hawaii's return on equity of 12.67% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of Hawaii16.30% 12.67% 0.72%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 73.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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. Bank of Hawaii has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bank of Hawaii is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Bank of Hawaii on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BOH vs. The Competition

MetricBank of HawaiiBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.43B$1.87B$12.60B$21.96B
Dividend Yield4.58%3.59%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio16.2617.7221.1832.72
Price / Sales2.382.5430.1888.34
Price / Cash12.4011.0619.3418.06
Price / Book1.861.262.274.71
Net Income$149.99M$199.27M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.34%-0.18%0.27%0.91%
1 Month Performance-6.96%-4.55%-1.32%0.33%
1 Year Performance-7.60%4.38%539.10%10.85%

Bank of Hawaii Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
4.8789 of 5 stars
$61.93
+1.3%
$75.00
+21.1%
-9.0%$2.43B$1.04B16.261,865Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.5426 of 5 stars
$72.60
+2.0%
$72.14
-0.6%
+9.4%$4.98B$1.13B13.932,850News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BANR
Banner
4.065 of 5 stars
$61.67
+1.0%
$70.17
+13.8%
-7.5%$2.11B$832.99M11.751,956Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CVBF
CVB Financial
4.159 of 5 stars
$18.56
+2.8%
$23.25
+25.3%
-5.2%$2.49B$684.59M12.801,089Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8127 of 5 stars
$24.93
+2.2%
$29.83
+19.7%
-8.9%$2.34B$1.62B9.972,090Upcoming Earnings
FHB
First Hawaiian
3.3101 of 5 stars
$24.16
+2.9%
$27.06
+12.0%
-5.3%$2.93B$1.17B12.452,000Upcoming Earnings
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.991 of 5 stars
$30.57
+2.2%
$29.80
-2.5%
+5.1%$2.63B$808.99M18.751,504News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.9888 of 5 stars
$36.08
+1.5%
$40.50
+12.3%
-6.6%$5.03B$1.63B12.752,553Upcoming Earnings
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.6492 of 5 stars
$53.00
+2.7%
$66.25
+25.0%
-1.2%$2.89B$1.40B11.622,309Upcoming Earnings
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.9053 of 5 stars
$53.84
+2.8%
$61.45
+14.1%
-3.1%$7.73B$4.99B9.849,406Trending News
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BKU
BankUnited
4.0807 of 5 stars
$38.59
+2.4%
$41.91
+8.6%
-2.4%$2.83B$2.02B11.321,680Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NYSE:BOH) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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