HOMB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, and ZION
Should you be buying Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) vs.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.16%. Given Regions Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).
In the previous week, Regions Financial had 13 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Regions Financial and 20 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 0.13 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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 an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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.
Regions Financial received 431 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.81% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote.
Summary
Regions Financial beats Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HOMB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
