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

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RF or HOMB?

79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend RF or HOMB?

Regions Financial currently has a consensus target price of $26.18, indicating a potential downside of 0.32%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a consensus target price of $28.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.32%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regions Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is RF or HOMB a better dividend stock?

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Regions Financial pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 40.2% 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RF or HOMB?

Regions Financial received 430 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 60.22% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 931 62.91%	Underperform Votes 549 37.09%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 501 60.22%	Underperform Votes 331 39.78%

Does the media favor RF or HOMB?

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Regions Financial and 7 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.13 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RF or HOMB 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
Regions Financial	18.78%	12.60%	1.30%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	26.69%	10.33%	1.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, RF or HOMB?

Regions Financial has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, RF or HOMB?

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
Regions Financial	$7.08B	3.37	$2.07B	$1.77	14.84
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	$987.40M	6.14	$392.93M	$1.94	15.71

Summary

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