HBNC vs. BKU, INDB, BOH, TBBK, SFNC, CVBF, HTLF, TOWN, FFBC, and FRME
Should you be buying Horizon Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Bancorp include BankUnited (BKU), Independent Bank (INDB), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Bancorp (TBBK), Simmons First National (SFNC), CVB Financial (CVBF), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Horizon Bancorp vs.
BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
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.
99.7% of BankUnited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Horizon Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BankUnited pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Bancorp pays out 80.0% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $43.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. Horizon Bancorp has a consensus price target of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given BankUnited's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BankUnited is more favorable than Horizon Bancorp.
In the previous week, BankUnited had 11 more articles in the media than Horizon Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BankUnited and 2 mentions for Horizon Bancorp. BankUnited's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Horizon Bancorp's score of 0.92 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BankUnited has a net margin of 11.48% compared to Horizon Bancorp's net margin of 9.86%.
BankUnited received 89 more outperform votes than Horizon Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.62% of users gave Horizon Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.34% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote.
BankUnited has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Bancorp has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BankUnited beats Horizon Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBNC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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