STBA vs. HOMB, COLB, FFIN, GBCI, UBSI, FNB, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, and TCBI
Should you be buying S&T Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&T Bancorp include Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
S&T Bancorp vs.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
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.
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.28%. S&T Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.13%. Given Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.
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.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.
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.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had 2 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and 7 mentions for S&T Bancorp. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat S&T Bancorp's score of 1.40 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats S&T Bancorp on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STBA) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
