S&T Bancorp (STBA) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer HOMB or STBA?

In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had 4 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and 1 mentions for S&T Bancorp. S&T Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 1.18 indicating that S&T Bancorp 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)	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
S&T Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate HOMB or STBA?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. S&T Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.

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
S&T Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is HOMB or STBA a better dividend stock?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&T Bancorp pays out 39.9% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and S&T Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings & valuation, HOMB or STBA?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher revenue and earnings than S&T Bancorp. S&T Bancorp 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)	$1.47B	3.99	$402.24M	$2.02	14.58
S&T Bancorp	$564.96M	2.67	$131.26M	$3.41	11.54

Is HOMB or STBA more profitable?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 27.39% compared to S&T Bancorp's net margin of 23.24%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity of 10.31% beat S&T Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	27.39%	10.31%	1.77%
S&T Bancorp	23.24%	9.77%	1.37%

Which has more risk & volatility, HOMB or STBA?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOMB or STBA?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 234 more outperform votes than S&T Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.24% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 503 60.24%	Underperform Votes 332 39.76%
S&T Bancorp	Outperform Votes 269 49.91%	Underperform Votes 270 50.09%

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

67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats S&T Bancorp on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.