HBT vs. BUR, RIOT, PRK, AUB, ENVA, INTR, FINV, LU, BFH, and CLSK
Should you be buying HBT Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HBT Financial include Burford Capital (BUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Park National (PRK), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Enova International (ENVA), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Lufax (LU), Bread Financial (BFH), and CleanSpark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HBT Financial vs.
Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
78.6% of HBT Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.8% of HBT Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.71%. HBT Financial has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than HBT Financial.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than HBT Financial. HBT Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burford Capital has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HBT Financial has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HBT Financial received 14 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 41.54% of users gave HBT Financial an outperform vote.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to HBT Financial's net margin of 24.99%. HBT Financial's return on equity of 14.57% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. HBT Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Burford Capital pays out 18.5% 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.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 2 more articles in the media than HBT Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Burford Capital and 8 mentions for HBT Financial. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat HBT Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Burford Capital beats HBT Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBT) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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