BOH vs. CVBF, INDB, SBCF, CATY, TOWN, HTLF, TCBI, FIBK, OFG, and RNST
Should you be buying Bank of Hawaii stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Hawaii include CVB Financial (CVBF), Independent Bank (INDB), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), TowneBank (TOWN), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and Renasant (RNST). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) and Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
74.2% of CVB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of CVB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. CVB Financial pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Hawaii pays out 72.2% 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.
CVB Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bank of Hawaii. CVB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVB Financial currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Bank of Hawaii has a consensus price target of $52.20, suggesting a potential downside of 12.67%. Given Bank of Hawaii's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
In the previous week, CVB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of Hawaii. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CVB Financial and 3 mentions for Bank of Hawaii. Bank of Hawaii's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat CVB Financial's score of 0.56 indicating that CVB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CVB Financial received 57 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.97% of users gave CVB Financial an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
CVB Financial has a net margin of 30.93% compared to CVB Financial's net margin of 15.91%. CVB Financial's return on equity of 13.25% beat Bank of Hawaii's return on equity.
CVB Financial has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CVB Financial beats Bank of Hawaii on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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