HOMB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, BPOP, and ZION
Should you be buying Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.54%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $20.34, indicating a potential upside of 5.11%. Given Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Regions Financial received 421 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 60.91% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote.
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 19.75%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.28% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Regions Financial and 4 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.04 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% 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.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and Regions Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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