HBCP vs. PCSB, FSBW, TSBK, ESSA, SMBC, PFS, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, and DCOM
Should you be buying Home Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancorp include PCSB Financial (PCSB), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), and Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PCSB Financial (NASDAQ:PCSB) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Home Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than PCSB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Home Bancorp and 0 mentions for PCSB Financial. PCSB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Home Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PCSB Financial has a net margin of 24.60% compared to PCSB Financial's net margin of 20.66%. PCSB Financial's return on equity of 10.65% beat Home Bancorp's return on equity.
Home Bancorp received 119 more outperform votes than PCSB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.62% of users gave PCSB Financial an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.
PCSB Financial has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancorp has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.79%. Given PCSB Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than PCSB Financial.
49.4% of PCSB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of PCSB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PCSB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. PCSB Financial pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 21.1% 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 Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Home Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Home Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PCSB Financial. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PCSB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats PCSB Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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