Home Bancorp (HBCP) Competitors

Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) and CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HBCP or CCNE?

49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of CNB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Home Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HBCP or CCNE?

Home Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.83%. CNB Financial has a consensus price target of $27.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.44%. Given CNB Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than Home Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Home Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
CNB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HBCP or CCNE?

CNB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancorp. CNB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Home Bancorp	$142.11M	2.80	$36.43M	$5.21	9.78
CNB Financial	$231.04M	2.04	$54.58M	$2.38	9.45

Does the media prefer HBCP or CCNE?

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CNB Financial and 0 mentions for Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat CNB Financial's score of 1.27 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Home Bancorp	Positive
CNB Financial	Positive

Is HBCP or CCNE more profitable?

Home Bancorp has a net margin of 20.09% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 14.56%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 10.42% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancorp	20.09%	10.42%	1.20%
CNB Financial	14.56%	9.90%	0.89%

Which has more volatility & risk, HBCP or CCNE?

Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNB Financial has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HBCP or CCNE a better dividend stock?

Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Home Bancorp pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNB Financial pays out 30.3% 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and CNB Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Home Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.