HOMB vs. HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, WAL, CBSH, and PNFP
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 Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) vs.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 9 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 10 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 0.81 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.99%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $18.18, indicating a potential upside of 20.21%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).
Huntington Bancshares received 80 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.24% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 51.55% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and Huntington Bancshares tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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