1st Source (SRCE) Competitors

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and 1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is HOMB or SRCE more profitable?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 27.39% compared to 1st Source's net margin of 23.10%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.92% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	27.39%	10.31%	1.77%
1st Source	23.10%	11.92%	1.54%

Do analysts recommend HOMB or SRCE?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. 1st Source has a consensus price target of $70.75, suggesting a potential upside of 30.54%. Given 1st Source's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 1st Source is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
1st Source	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, HOMB or SRCE?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher revenue and earnings than 1st Source. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR), 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
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	$1.00B	5.20	$402.24M	$2.02	12.99
1st Source	$387.12M	3.44	$132.62M	$5.36	10.11

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOMB or SRCE?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 246 more outperform votes than 1st Source when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 56.24% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 503 60.10%	Underperform Votes 334 39.90%
1st Source	Outperform Votes 257 56.24%	Underperform Votes 200 43.76%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HOMB or SRCE?

67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of 1st Source shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of 1st Source shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, HOMB or SRCE?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1st Source has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HOMB or SRCE?

In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had 5 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and 8 mentions for 1st Source. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 0.99 indicating that 1st Source is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
1st Source	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HOMB or SRCE a better dividend stock?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 1st Source pays out 26.9% 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. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and 1st Source has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.

Summary

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats 1st Source on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.