Heritage Financial (Heritage Financial) GF Value Rank : 10 (As of May. 01, 2024)

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What is Heritage Financial GF Value Rank?

Heritage Financial has the GF Value Rank of 10.

The GF Value Rank is determined by the price-to-GF-Value (P/GF Value) ratio, a proprietary metric calculated based on historical multiples along with an adjustment factor based on a company's past returns and growth and future estimates of the business' performance.

GuruFocus found that for valuation, we cannot simply give stocks a better GF Value rank simply because they have a lower P/GF Value ratio. Backtesting shows that over the long term, the two worst-performing groups are the most expensive group (with the highest P/GF Value ratio) and the least expensive group (with the lowest P/GF Value ratio).

We can understand why the most expensive group underperforms. We were initially puzzled by the underperformance of the least expensive group, but we realized there is a reason why some stocks are super cheap. If they look too undervalued, it is often because the businesses behind them are poor quality. The market realized this and gave them low valuations. In a way, the market is efficient.

After multiple backtesting analyses, we granted the stocks in third-cheapest percentile the highest GF Value rank, as they have performed the best over a full market cycle. Stock performance is actually not as sensitive to valuation as it is to growth and profitability. On average, the companies in the 20%-50% valuation groups have similar performances. Therefore, we should avoid the most expensive and the least expensive stocks. We can be more tolerant of valuation.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.

Competitive Comparison of Heritage Financial's GF Value Rank

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Heritage Financial's GF Value Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Value Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Heritage Financial's GF Value Rank Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Heritage Financial's GF Value Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heritage Financial's GF Value Rank falls into.

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Heritage Financial (Heritage Financial) Business Description

Industry

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Address

201 Fifth Avenue SW, Olympia, WA, USA, 98501

Website

https://www.hf-wa.com

Heritage Financial Corp is a bank holding company. The company through its subsidiary provides commercial lending and deposit relationships with small businesses and their owners in its market areas and attracts deposits from the general public. It accepts various deposit products, such as noninterest demand accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. Besides, the Bank also makes real estate construction loans, land development loans, and consumer loans, and originates first mortgage loans on residential properties primarily located in its market area. Geographically, all the business activity functions through the region of the United States.

Executives

Frederick B Rivera	director	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Brian Charneski	director	P O BOX 1578, OLYMPIA WA 98507
Jeffrey S Lyon	director	2542 N VISTA VIEW DRIVE, TACOMA WA 98406
Matthew T. Ray	officer: EVP Chief Lending Officer	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Eric Kayen Chan	director	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Amy E. Curran	officer: EVP Director Commercial Lend	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Kelli Ann Wilson	officer: EVP Chief Banking Officer	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Cindy M Huntley	officer: SVP Director of Retail Banking	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98507
Brian L Vance	director, officer: President and CEO	2204 57TH WAY NW, OLYMPIA WA 98502
John A Clees	director	4342 SUNSET BEACH DRIVE NW, OLYMPIA WA 98502
Tony Chalfant	officer: EVP Chief Credit Officer	201 5TH ST SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Gail B. Giacobbe	director	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Trevor D. Dryer	director	201 5TH AVE SW, OLYMPIA WA 98501
Gragg E Miller	director	450 SW BAYSHORE DRIVE, OAK HARBOR WA 98277
Jeffrey J Deuel	officer: Executive Vice President	201 5TH AVENUE SW, OLYMPIA WA 90501