Home Bancorp (HBCP) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to HBCP or DCOM?

In the previous week, Home Bancorp and Home Bancorp both had 3 articles in the media. Dime Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Home Bancorp's score of 1.04 indicating that Dime Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Home Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dime Community Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend HBCP or DCOM?

Home Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $55.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.97%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $36.88, indicating a potential upside of 39.26%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dime Community 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
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has more volatility & risk, HBCP or DCOM?

Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HBCP or DCOM?

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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HBCP or DCOM?

Home Bancorp received 38 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.78% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Home Bancorp	Outperform Votes 260 58.30%	Underperform Votes 186 41.70%
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 222 49.78%	Underperform Votes 224 50.22%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HBCP or DCOM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Home Bancorp	$138.20M	2.77	$36.43M	$4.78	10.28
Dime Community Bancshares	$335.95M	3.45	$29.08M	$0.63	42.03

Is HBCP or DCOM more profitable?

Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.27% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 4.50%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Bancorp	18.27%	9.57%	1.07%
Dime Community Bancshares	4.50%	5.43%	0.46%

Is HBCP or DCOM a better dividend stock?

Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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 increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Dime Community Bancshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Dime Community Bancshares beats Home Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.