Heritage Financial Corporation (HFWA) vs Preferred Bank (PFBC)

• Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA 27.55 ▲ +0.47%
• Preferred Bank PFBC 104.43 ▲ +0.81%

Heritage Financial Corporation and Preferred Bank are both Banks Regional companies. Heritage Financial Corporation and Preferred Bank are of similar size ($1.2B and $1.1B). Preferred Bank trades at the lower P/E: 9.4× against 12.9×. Heritage Financial Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.2% against 1.04%. Preferred Bank has the higher net margin (26.5% vs 20.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (34.3% vs 5.20%). Both pay a dividend; Heritage Financial Corporation yields more (3.52% vs 3.06%). Across the 19 metrics below, Preferred Bank leads on 13 and Heritage Financial Corporation on 6.