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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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 4.3%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Regions Financial pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 38.6% 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 431 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.77% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 934 62.77%	Underperform Votes 554 37.23%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 503 60.24%	Underperform Votes 332 39.76%

Does the media refer more to RF or HOMB?

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 12 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Regions Financial and 5 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 1.18 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RF or HOMB?

Regions Financial currently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.07%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.77%. Given Regions Financial's higher possible upside, 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility and risk, RF or HOMB?

Regions Financial has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RF or HOMB more profitable?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 27.39% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 20.20%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.83% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regions Financial	20.20%	12.83%	1.32%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	27.39%	10.31%	1.77%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$9.37B	2.27	$1.89B	$1.94	12.08
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	$1.47B	3.98	$402.24M	$2.02	14.56

Summary

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