Home Bancorp (HBCP) Competitors

Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is DCOM or HBCP more profitable?

Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.27% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 4.50%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dime Community Bancshares	4.50%	5.43%	0.46%
Home Bancorp	18.27%	9.57%	1.07%

Does the media favor DCOM or HBCP?

In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 4 mentions for Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.91 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dime Community Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Home Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DCOM or HBCP?

Dime Community Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $36.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.99%. Home Bancorp has a consensus target price of $54.83, indicating a potential upside of 14.83%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Home Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Home Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, DCOM or HBCP?

Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DCOM or HBCP?

Home Bancorp received 35 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.77% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 221 49.77%	Underperform Votes 223 50.23%
Home Bancorp	Outperform Votes 256 58.31%	Underperform Votes 183 41.69%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DCOM or HBCP?

Home Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dime Community Bancshares. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, 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
Dime Community Bancshares	$646.19M	1.85	$29.08M	$0.59	51.85
Home Bancorp	$199.39M	1.94	$36.43M	$4.55	10.49

Is DCOM or HBCP a better dividend stock?

Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 169.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Home Bancorp pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DCOM or HBCP?

75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are owned 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.

Summary

Dime Community Bancshares beats Home Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.