HBCP vs. DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, NFBK, TREE, FFIC, and KRNY
Should you be buying Home Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancorp include Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), LendingTree (TREE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), and Kearny Financial (KRNY). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Home Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 9 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 0 mentions for Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.02 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $55.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 28.75%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Home Bancorp.
Home Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dime Community Bancshares. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Home Bancorp pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 158.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Home Bancorp has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Dime Community Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Home Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.82% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 5.08%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.74% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.
Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Home Bancorp and Dime Community Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HBCP) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
