Home Bancorp (HBCP) Competitors

CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCNE or HBCP?

CNB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancorp. CNB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancorp, 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
CNB Financial	$364.58M	1.37	$54.58M	$2.33	10.23
Home Bancorp	$199.39M	2.18	$36.43M	$4.78	11.65

Is CCNE or HBCP a better dividend stock?

CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CNB Financial pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 22.6% 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. CNB Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Home Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to CCNE or HBCP?

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CNB Financial and 2 mentions for Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat CNB Financial's score of 0.86 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNB Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Home Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCNE or HBCP more profitable?

Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.82% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 14.50%. CNB Financial's return on equity of 9.80% beat Home Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNB Financial	14.50%	9.80%	0.88%
Home Bancorp	18.82%	9.74%	1.11%

Do analysts prefer CCNE or HBCP?

CNB Financial presently has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.16%. Home Bancorp has a consensus price target of $55.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.34%. Given CNB Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than Home Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Home Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CCNE or HBCP?

52.4% of CNB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of CNB Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Home Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCNE or HBCP?

CNB Financial has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Home Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.