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 businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HBCP or CCNE?

49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HBCP or CCNE?

Home Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.02%. CNB Financial has a consensus target price of $27.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.43%. Given Home Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than CNB Financial.

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

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 2.1%. CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, HBCP or CCNE?

Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNB Financial has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HBCP or CCNE?

CNB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNB Financial, 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	$199.39M	2.20	$36.43M	$5.21	10.77
CNB Financial	$364.58M	2.13	$54.58M	$2.38	11.06

Does the media prefer HBCP or CCNE?

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CNB Financial and 0 mentions for Home Bancorp. CNB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Home Bancorp's score of 1.00 indicating that CNB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news 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 10.34% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancorp	20.09%	10.34%	1.19%
CNB Financial	14.56%	9.79%	0.89%

Summary

Home Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.