OFG vs. WBS, CBSH, CFR, ZION, PNFP, BPOP, SSB, BOKF, SNV, and PB
Should you be buying OFG Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFG Bancorp include Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Popular (BPOP), SouthState (SSB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 22.95% compared to OFG Bancorp's net margin of 19.81%. Webster Financial's return on equity of 16.25% beat OFG Bancorp's return on equity.
85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of OFG Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Webster Financial pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 25.6% 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.
Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than OFG Bancorp. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFG Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Webster Financial currently has a consensus price target of $55.73, suggesting a potential upside of 13.17%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $49.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given OFG Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
Webster Financial received 239 more outperform votes than OFG Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.31% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Webster Financial had 24 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Webster Financial and 14 mentions for OFG Bancorp. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.16 indicating that OFG Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Webster Financial has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats Webster Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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