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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, HOMB or HBAN?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HOMB or HBAN more profitable?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 27.39% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 16.23%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 11.23% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	27.39%	10.31%	1.77%
Huntington Bancshares	16.23%	11.23%	0.99%

Is HOMB or HBAN a better dividend stock?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 50.4% 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.

Do analysts rate HOMB or HBAN?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.61%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus price target of $17.94, indicating a potential upside of 33.89%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Huntington Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HOMB or HBAN?

Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Huntington Bancshares 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)	$1.00B	5.18	$402.24M	$2.02	12.92
Huntington Bancshares	$7.39B	2.65	$1.94B	$1.23	10.89

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HOMB or HBAN?

Huntington Bancshares received 81 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.10% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 503 60.10%	Underperform Votes 334 39.90%
Huntington Bancshares	Outperform Votes 584 51.59%	Underperform Votes 548 48.41%

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

67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer HOMB or HBAN?

In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 13 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 13 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 0.99 indicating that Huntington Bancshares 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)	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huntington Bancshares	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Huntington Bancshares beats Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.