HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI) Competitors

HomeTrust Bancshares (NASDAQ:HTBI) and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is HTBI or NFBK more profitable?

HomeTrust Bancshares has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s net margin of 10.94%. HomeTrust Bancshares' return on equity of 10.55% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HomeTrust Bancshares	18.53%	10.55%	1.16%
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	10.94%	4.05%	0.49%

Does the media prefer HTBI or NFBK?

In the previous week, HomeTrust Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for HomeTrust Bancshares and 0 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat HomeTrust Bancshares' score of 0.15 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HomeTrust Bancshares	Neutral
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	Positive

Is HTBI or NFBK a better dividend stock?

HomeTrust Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 81.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate HTBI or NFBK?

HomeTrust Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.96%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a consensus target price of $11.13, suggesting a potential downside of 4.75%. Given HomeTrust Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HomeTrust Bancshares is more favorable than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HomeTrust Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTBI or NFBK?

Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 11 more outperform votes than HomeTrust Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.41% of users gave HomeTrust Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.39% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HomeTrust Bancshares	Outperform Votes 210 55.41%	Underperform Votes 169 44.59%
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	Outperform Votes 221 55.39%	Underperform Votes 178 44.61%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HTBI or NFBK?

HomeTrust Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). HomeTrust Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HomeTrust Bancshares	$200.77M	2.86	$55.29M	$3.16	10.37
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	$127.16M	3.97	$37.67M	$0.64	18.25

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HTBI or NFBK?

60.9% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HTBI or NFBK?

HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HomeTrust Bancshares beats Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.