HBCP vs. HIFS, ESSA, BHLB, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, TSBK, PVBC, and SMBC
Should you be buying Home Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancorp include Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), and Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Home Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hingham Institution for Savings. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hingham Institution for Savings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancorp received 51 more outperform votes than Hingham Institution for Savings when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.43% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 20.66% compared to Home Bancorp's net margin of 12.38%. Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity of 10.65% beat Home Bancorp's return on equity.
Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 21.1% 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. Hingham Institution for Savings has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Home Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Home Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hingham Institution for Savings had 1 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings and 0 mentions for Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Hingham Institution for Savings' score of 0.00 indicating that Hingham Institution for Savings is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Hingham Institution for Savings' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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