HOMB vs. UBSI, FFIN, GBCI, COLB, IBOC, SSB, PB, WTFC, ABCB, and UCBI
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 United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), International Bancshares (IBOC), SouthState (SSB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 28.17% compared to United Bankshares' net margin of 22.51%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity of 10.52% beat United Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) both had 3 articles in the media. United Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s score of 0.62 indicating that United Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bankshares has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) received 228 more outperform votes than United Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave United Bankshares an outperform vote.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.31%. United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.16%. Given United Bankshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).
67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of United Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares 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 higher revenue and earnings than United Bankshares. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats United Bankshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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