NBHC vs. FCF, WABC, HOPE, SASR, CHCO, PACW, NBTB, TRMK, TBBK, and WSBC
Should you be buying National Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank include First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), City (CHCO), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), Bancorp (TBBK), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
National Bank vs.
National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) and First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
National Bank has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Commonwealth Financial received 46 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.15% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Commonwealth Financial had 6 more articles in the media than National Bank. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial and 4 mentions for National Bank. National Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat First Commonwealth Financial's score of -0.18 indicating that National Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.5% of National Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of National Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are owned 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.
National Bank presently has a consensus target price of $47.33, indicating a potential upside of 41.80%. First Commonwealth Financial has a consensus target price of $15.90, indicating a potential upside of 29.37%. Given National Bank's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe National Bank is more favorable than First Commonwealth Financial.
National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. National Bank pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 35.3% 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. First Commonwealth Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
First Commonwealth Financial has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank. First Commonwealth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 29.90% compared to National Bank's net margin of 20.25%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 12.36% beat National Bank's return on equity.
Summary
First Commonwealth Financial beats National Bank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NBHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
National Bank Competitors List
