HOMB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, WAL, CFR, BPOP, and ZION
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 Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Regions Financial received 421 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s net margin of 19.75%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity of 13.28% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
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.
Regions Financial currently has a consensus price target of $20.34, suggesting a potential upside of 9.35%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.99%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is more favorable than Regions Financial.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Regions Financial and Regions Financial both had 6 articles in the media. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.15 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Regions Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 37.1% 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. Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Summary
Regions Financial and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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