HBCP vs. BHLB, DCOM, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, HIFS, TREE, FFIC, and NFBK
Should you be buying Home Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancorp include Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), LendingTree (TREE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Home Bancorp vs.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Home Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Home Bancorp and 3 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Berkshire Hills Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Home Bancorp's score of 0.43 indicating that Berkshire Hills Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 75.8% 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 pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $31.13, indicating a potential upside of 10.51%. Home Bancorp has a consensus target price of $52.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hills Bancorp is more favorable than Home Bancorp.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancorp. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hills Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.55% compared to Berkshire Hills Bancorp's net margin of 5.86%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.58% beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp received 19 more outperform votes than Home Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.12% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.09% of users gave Berkshire Hills Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Berkshire Hills Bancorp beats Home Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBCP) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
