HMST vs. TRST, TREE, HIFS, NFBK, FFIC, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, ESSA, and FFNW
Should you be buying HomeStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeStreet include TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), LendingTree (TREE), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), and First Financial Northwest (FFNW). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
HomeStreet vs.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
68.6% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TrustCo Bank Corp NY had 1 more articles in the media than HomeStreet. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY and 2 mentions for HomeStreet. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat HomeStreet's score of 0.10 indicating that TrustCo Bank Corp NY is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. HomeStreet pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HomeStreet pays out -30.8% 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.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HomeStreet has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.23%. Given HomeStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HomeStreet is more favorable than TrustCo Bank Corp NY.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a net margin of 18.24% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -5.44%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity of 7.24% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has higher revenue and earnings than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TrustCo Bank Corp NY, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HomeStreet received 95 more outperform votes than TrustCo Bank Corp NY when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.44% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote while only 52.99% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote.
Summary
TrustCo Bank Corp NY beats HomeStreet on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HMST) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
