STEL vs. HOMB, COLB, FFIN, UBSI, GBCI, FNB, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, and TCBI
Should you be buying Stellarone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellarone include Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), 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.
Stellarone vs.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and Stellarone (NASDAQ:STEL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had 7 more articles in the media than Stellarone. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and 0 mentions for Stellarone. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Stellarone's score of 0.00 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellarone has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Stellarone has a consensus target price of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is more favorable than Stellarone.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Stellarone pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellarone pays out 25.5% 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. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 426 more outperform votes than Stellarone when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.24% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Stellarone an outperform vote.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 27.39% compared to Stellarone's net margin of 18.80%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity of 10.31% beat Stellarone's return on equity.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher revenue and earnings than Stellarone. Stellarone 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.
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Stellarone shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Stellarone shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats Stellarone on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STEL) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff