BOH vs. CVBF, INDB, CATY, FIBK, TOWN, SBCF, TCBI, FBP, RNST, and OFG
Should you be buying Bank of Hawaii stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Hawaii include CVB Financial (CVBF), Independent Bank (INDB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), TowneBank (TOWN), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Renasant (RNST), and OFG Bancorp (OFG). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Bank of Hawaii currently has a consensus price target of $52.20, indicating a potential downside of 11.01%. CVB Financial has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.03%. Given CVB Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
CVB Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of Hawaii. CVB Financial 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.
82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of CVB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Bank of Hawaii shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVB Financial pays out 50.3% 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.
CVB Financial has a net margin of 33.26% compared to Bank of Hawaii's net margin of 15.91%. Bank of Hawaii's return on equity of 13.25% beat CVB Financial's return on equity.
Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVB Financial has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVB Financial received 57 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.24% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote while only 49.20% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bank of Hawaii had 15 more articles in the media than CVB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Bank of Hawaii and 16 mentions for CVB Financial. Bank of Hawaii's average media sentiment score of -0.05 beat CVB Financial's score of -0.07 indicating that Bank of Hawaii is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CVB Financial beats Bank of Hawaii on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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