HWC vs. COLB, ISBC, ABCB, ASB, AUB, CFG, ALLY, EWBC, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying Hancock Whitney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hancock Whitney include Columbia Banking System (COLB), Investors Bancorp (ISBC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Associated Banc (ASB), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Columbia Banking System received 213 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.87% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote while only 44.28% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Columbia Banking System presently has a consensus price target of $22.19, suggesting a potential upside of 15.11%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $51.88, suggesting a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Hancock Whitney's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.
Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Columbia Banking System pays out 61.8% 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. Columbia Banking System has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Hancock Whitney has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Columbia Banking System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Hancock Whitney's net margin of 16.52%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 11.89% beat Hancock Whitney's return on equity.
Hancock Whitney has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less 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.
In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 6 more articles in the media than Columbia Banking System. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 7 mentions for Columbia Banking System. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 1.12 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hancock Whitney beats Columbia Banking System on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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