BY vs. HWC, COLB, IBOC, ABCB, SFBS, ASB, UCBI, FBP, AUB, and TCBI
Should you be buying Byline Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Byline Bancorp include Hancock Whitney (HWC), Columbia Banking System (COLB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Associated Banc (ASB), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Hancock Whitney's net margin of 19.07%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 13.18% beat Hancock Whitney's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 10 more articles in the media than Byline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 3 mentions for Byline Bancorp. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Byline Bancorp's score of 0.13 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Byline Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Byline Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $26.83, suggesting a potential upside of 16.16%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $51.88, suggesting a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Byline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.
Byline Bancorp received 121 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.79% of users gave Byline Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.87% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.
Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Byline Bancorp pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney pays out 28.0% 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.
Summary
Hancock Whitney beats Byline Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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