Home Bancorp (HBCP) Competitors

Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HBCP or NWBI?

49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HBCP or NWBI?

Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, 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	$138.20M	2.92	$36.43M	$4.78	10.53
Northwest Bancshares	$520.47M	3.05	$100.28M	$0.79	15.75

Is HBCP or NWBI more profitable?

Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.27% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 13.26%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancorp	18.27%	9.57%	1.07%
Northwest Bancshares	13.26%	8.44%	0.92%

Do analysts rate HBCP or NWBI?

Home Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.23%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.56%. Given Northwest Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Northwest Bancshares 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
Northwest Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HBCP or NWBI?

Northwest Bancshares received 16 more outperform votes than Home Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.11% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancorp	Outperform Votes 258 58.11%	Underperform Votes 186 41.89%
Northwest Bancshares	Outperform Votes 274 57.20%	Underperform Votes 205 42.80%

Is HBCP or NWBI a better dividend stock?

Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Home Bancorp pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Bancshares pays out 101.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, HBCP or NWBI?

Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HBCP or NWBI?

In the previous week, Northwest Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Northwest Bancshares and 9 mentions for Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.70 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Home Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northwest Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Home Bancorp and Northwest Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.