Comparing Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) & Third Coast Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBX)

Third Coast Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBX) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Third Coast Bancshares has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Third Coast Bancshares and Hancock Whitney’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Third Coast Bancshares	16.30%	12.05%	1.17%
Hancock Whitney	24.05%	11.16%	1.39%

Dividends

Third Coast Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $16.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 40.2%. Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Third Coast Bancshares pays out 445.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hancock Whitney pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hancock Whitney has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Third Coast Bancshares and Hancock Whitney”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Third Coast Bancshares	$207.74 million	2.81	$47.67 million	$3.79	11.07
Hancock Whitney	$2.02 billion	2.94	$486.07 million	$5.68	12.53

Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than Third Coast Bancshares. Third Coast Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Third Coast Bancshares and Hancock Whitney, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Third Coast Bancshares	0	2	2	1	2.80
Hancock Whitney	0	1	7	2	3.10

Third Coast Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.43%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $75.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.72%. Given Third Coast Bancshares’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Third Coast Bancshares is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

36.9% of Third Coast Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Third Coast Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Third Coast Bancshares on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Third Coast Bancshares

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for Third Coast Bank, SSB that provides various commercial banking solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, and professionals. The company's deposit products include checking, savings, individual retirement, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial and industrial loans, equipment loans, working capital lines of credit, guaranteed loans, auto finance, letters of credit, commercial and residential real estate, and construction, development, and other loans. In addition, the company provides retail and commercial online banking platforms, mobile banking apps, mortgage, treasury management solutions, merchant card services, and customer digital solutions, as well as debit and credit cards. Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Humble, Texas.

About Hancock Whitney

Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. It offers various transaction and savings deposit products consisting of brokered deposits, time deposits, and money market accounts; treasury management services, secured and unsecured loan products including revolving credit facilities, and letters of credit and similar financial guarantees; and trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, and individuals, and investment advisory and brokerage products. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans including real and non-real estate loans; construction and land development loans; and residential mortgages, as well as consumer loans. In addition, it offers commercial finance products to middle market and corporate clients, including leases and related structures; facilitates investments in new market tax credit activities and holding certain foreclosed assets; provides customers access to fixed annuity and life insurance products; and underwriting transactions products, as well as debt and mortgage-related securities. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi.