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
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Hawaii pays out 73.5% 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.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Bank of Hawaii. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 4 mentions for Bank of Hawaii. Bank of Hawaii's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.52 indicating that Bank of Hawaii is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.60%. Bank of Hawaii has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. Given Bank of Hawaii's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Hawaii is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:BOH) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
