HTBI vs. NFBK, NRIM, FMAO, PFC, DCOM, FRME, HTLF, TRMK, OFG, and NBTB
Should you be buying HomeTrust Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeTrust Bancshares include Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Premier Financial (PFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), First Merchants (FRME), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Trustmark (TRMK), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and HomeTrust Bancshares (NASDAQ:HTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 16 more outperform votes than HomeTrust Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave HomeTrust Bancshares an outperform vote.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a net margin of 20.87% compared to HomeTrust Bancshares' net margin of 14.02%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity of 11.86% beat HomeTrust Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, HomeTrust Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HomeTrust Bancshares and 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). HomeTrust Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s score of 0.84 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.15%. HomeTrust Bancshares has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.66%. Given HomeTrust Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than HomeTrust Bancshares.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 12.8% 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. HomeTrust Bancshares has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
HomeTrust Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). HomeTrust Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HomeTrust Bancshares beats Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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