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Horizon Bancorp (HBNC) Competitors

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$17.01 -0.32 (-1.85%)
(As of 02:23 PM ET)

HBNC vs. BKU, INDB, SFNC, BOH, HTLF, FFBC, TOWN, TBBK, FRME, and SBCF

Should you be buying Horizon Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Bancorp include BankUnited (BKU), Independent Bank (INDB), Simmons First National (SFNC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), TowneBank (TOWN), Bancorp (TBBK), First Merchants (FRME), and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Horizon Bancorp vs.

Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) and BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

BankUnited received 88 more outperform votes than Horizon Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave Horizon Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Horizon BancorpOutperform Votes
310
57.73%
Underperform Votes
227
42.27%
BankUnitedOutperform Votes
398
55.43%
Underperform Votes
320
44.57%

Horizon Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BankUnited has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BankUnited has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Bancorp. BankUnited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Horizon Bancorp$185.07M4.02$27.98M$0.4736.19
BankUnited$983.26M2.98$178.67M$2.4416.09

Horizon Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Horizon Bancorp pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BankUnited pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Horizon Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, BankUnited had 7 more articles in the media than Horizon Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BankUnited and 0 mentions for Horizon Bancorp. BankUnited's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Horizon Bancorp's score of 0.29 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Horizon Bancorp Neutral
BankUnited Positive

BankUnited has a net margin of 9.06% compared to Horizon Bancorp's net margin of 5.89%. Horizon Bancorp's return on equity of 8.27% beat BankUnited's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Horizon Bancorp5.89% 8.27% 0.76%
BankUnited 9.06%8.09%0.61%

64.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of BankUnited shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of BankUnited shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Horizon Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.78%. BankUnited has a consensus target price of $41.45, indicating a potential upside of 5.62%. Given Horizon Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Horizon Bancorp is more favorable than BankUnited.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Horizon Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
BankUnited
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09

Summary

BankUnited beats Horizon Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HBNC vs. The Competition

MetricHorizon BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$743.59M$3.20B$10.49B$9.28B
Dividend Yield3.60%3.49%10.36%4.06%
P/E Ratio36.1917.3348.6017.54
Price / Sales4.023.483,155.52135.61
Price / Cash8.8511.2830.5937.95
Price / Book1.041.322.764.95
Net Income$27.98M$406.76M$1.02B$225.30M
7 Day Performance-4.28%-2.07%-1.32%-0.50%
1 Month Performance-6.33%-0.02%-0.01%8.08%
1 Year Performance24.80%22.92%16.38%23.54%

Horizon Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.3727 of 5 stars
$17.01
-1.8%
$18.33
+7.8%
+25.3%$743.59M$185.07M36.19818
BKU
BankUnited
3.3264 of 5 stars
$40.70
+0.4%
$41.45
+1.9%
+20.8%$3.04B$983.26M16.621,616Positive News
INDB
Independent Bank
4.1509 of 5 stars
$71.27
+0.7%
$78.00
+9.4%
+6.4%$3.03B$683.06M15.391,787Dividend Announcement
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.6697 of 5 stars
$23.87
+0.4%
$23.00
-3.6%
+20.8%$3.00B$732.94M23.303,007Positive News
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
3.4362 of 5 stars
$74.41
+0.4%
$71.83
-3.5%
+0.3%$2.96B$986.98M22.251,899
HTLF
Heartland Financial USA
3.9355 of 5 stars
$66.82
+1.1%
$45.60
-31.8%
+75.5%$2.87B$603.99M36.941,970Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
3.9765 of 5 stars
$29.17
+0.8%
$28.67
-1.7%
+21.0%$2.79B$1.12B12.472,165Short Interest ↓
TOWN
TowneBank
3.9607 of 5 stars
$36.41
+0.2%
$36.00
-1.1%
+19.5%$2.73B$941.58M18.262,784Positive News
TBBK
Bancorp
2.4718 of 5 stars
$55.99
-0.2%
$55.00
-1.8%
+37.0%$2.68B$621.60M14.16720Positive News
FRME
First Merchants
4.5341 of 5 stars
$43.77
+1.4%
$42.60
-2.7%
+16.6%$2.57B$626.09M14.252,162Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida
3.6275 of 5 stars
$29.11
+0.8%
$28.70
-1.4%
-2.7%$2.49B$768.13M20.931,541Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HBNC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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