HBT vs. LU, RIOT, INTR, CORZ, PRK, FINV, ENVA, BFH, CLSK, and FBK
Should you be buying HBT Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HBT Financial include Lufax (LU), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Core Scientific (CORZ), Park National (PRK), FinVolution Group (FINV), Enova International (ENVA), Bread Financial (BFH), CleanSpark (CLSK), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HBT Financial vs.
Lufax (NYSE:LU) and HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Lufax currently has a consensus target price of $2.98, suggesting a potential upside of 0.34%. HBT Financial has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Given HBT Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HBT Financial is more favorable than Lufax.
HBT Financial received 4 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.82% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote while only 41.54% of users gave HBT Financial an outperform vote.
Lufax has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HBT Financial has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than HBT Financial. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HBT Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.1% of Lufax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of HBT Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.8% of HBT Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HBT Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HBT Financial and 1 mentions for Lufax. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat HBT Financial's score of 0.70 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HBT Financial has a net margin of 24.99% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. HBT Financial's return on equity of 14.57% beat Lufax's return on equity.
Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. HBT Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Lufax pays out -15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HBT Financial pays out 37.2% 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. Lufax is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
HBT Financial beats Lufax on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBT) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
