EQH vs. EWBC, HBAN, AMP, LNC, MET, PFG, PRU, SF, VOYA, and WBS
Should you be buying Equitable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitable include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Lincoln National (LNC), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), Voya Financial (VOYA), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Equitable vs. Its Competitors
Equitable (NYSE:EQH) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equitable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equitable has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.7% of Equitable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Equitable had 5 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Equitable and 8 mentions for East West Bancorp. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.45 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equitable pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Equitable pays out 87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equitable has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Equitable's net margin of 3.51%. Equitable's return on equity of 81.58% beat East West Bancorp's return on equity.
Equitable presently has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.60%. East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $120.53, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Equitable is more favorable than East West Bancorp.
Summary
Equitable beats East West Bancorp on 12 of the 20 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:EQH) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
