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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Does the media prefer HTBI or NFBK?

In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) had 1 more articles in the media than HomeTrust Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) and 1 mentions for HomeTrust Bancshares. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat HomeTrust Bancshares' score of 1.04 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HomeTrust Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 55.25% 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 55.25%	Underperform Votes 179 44.75%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HTBI or NFBK?

HomeTrust Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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	$218.18M	2.98	$55.39M	$3.16	11.72
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	$220.69M	2.54	$37.67M	$0.64	20.39

Which has more volatility & risk, HTBI or NFBK?

HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 10.41% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HomeTrust Bancshares	18.53%	10.41%	1.16%
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	10.94%	4.05%	0.49%

Do analysts rate HTBI or NFBK?

HomeTrust Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.59%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a consensus price target of $11.13, indicating a potential downside of 14.75%. Given HomeTrust Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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

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 1.3%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 81.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

HomeTrust Bancshares beats Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.