HOPE vs. WABC, NBHC, FCF, SASR, CHCO, WSBC, TBBK, NBTB, TRMK, and FRME
Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), City (CHCO), WesBanco (WSBC), Bancorp (TBBK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.
Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hope Bancorp pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 29.7% 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.
Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 18 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 4 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.71 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hope Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 14.44%. Westamerica Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.74%. Given Hope Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Westamerica Bancorporation.
Hope Bancorp received 24 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.47% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.32% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Westamerica Bancorporation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hope Bancorp. Westamerica Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 48.35% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 10.80%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 21.99% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.
84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Westamerica Bancorporation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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