HMST vs. WASH, FFWM, TRST, HIFS, TREE, NFBK, KRNY, FFIC, HBCP, and WSBF
Should you be buying HomeStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeStreet include Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), First Foundation (FFWM), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), LendingTree (TREE), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Home Bancorp (HBCP), and Waterstone Financial (WSBF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
HomeStreet vs.
HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) and Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
74.7% of HomeStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HomeStreet received 78 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.13% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.89% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote.
HomeStreet presently has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.41%. Washington Trust Bancorp has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.59%. Given HomeStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HomeStreet is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 5 more articles in the media than Washington Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HomeStreet and 0 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp. HomeStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Washington Trust Bancorp's score of 0.70 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HomeStreet has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Washington Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 11.24% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -5.44%. Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 9.55% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
Washington Trust Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Washington Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HomeStreet beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HMST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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