Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB) Competitors

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

Is HOMB or RF a better dividend stock?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 56.5% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HOMB or RF?

Regions Financial received 433 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 501 60.14%	Underperform Votes 332 39.86%
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 934 62.90%	Underperform Votes 551 37.10%

Does the media prefer HOMB or RF?

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Regions Financial and 6 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.87 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regions Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, HOMB or RF?

Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Regions Financial 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)	$987.40M	5.66	$392.93M	$1.94	14.48
Regions Financial	$7.08B	3.05	$2.07B	$1.77	13.43

Do analysts prefer HOMB or RF?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) presently has a consensus price target of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.58%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $27.61, indicating a potential upside of 16.16%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regions Financial 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Regions Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HOMB or RF?

67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by 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 HOMB or RF more profitable?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 26.69% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 18.78%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.60% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	26.69%	10.33%	1.75%
Regions Financial	18.78%	12.60%	1.30%

Which has more risk & volatility, HOMB or RF?

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, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Regions Financial beats Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.