City (CHCO) Competitors

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and City (NASDAQ:CHCO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Is HOMB or CHCO more profitable?

City has a net margin of 30.83% compared to Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s net margin of 27.39%. City's return on equity of 16.49% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	27.39%	10.31%	1.77%
City	30.83%	16.49%	1.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOMB or CHCO?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 255 more outperform votes than City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.24% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave City an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 503 60.24%	Underperform Votes 332 39.76%
City	Outperform Votes 248 49.60%	Underperform Votes 252 50.40%

Which has more risk & volatility, HOMB or CHCO?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HOMB or CHCO?

67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of City shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of City shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HOMB or CHCO?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) presently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.56%. City has a consensus target price of $116.75, suggesting a potential downside of 2.23%. Given Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is more favorable than City.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
City	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, HOMB or CHCO?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher revenue and earnings than City. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	$1.00B	5.97	$402.24M	$2.02	14.87
City	$285.06M	6.16	$117.10M	$7.89	15.13

Is HOMB or CHCO a better dividend stock?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. City pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City pays out 40.1% 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. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer HOMB or CHCO?

In the previous week, City had 4 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for City and 4 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat City's score of 0.71 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
City	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats City on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.