HBCP vs. HIFS, ESSA, FNWB, BHLB, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, TSBK, BLFY, and PVBC
Should you be buying Home Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancorp include Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), and Provident Bancorp (PVBC).
Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Home Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.76%. Given Hingham Institution for Savings' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
In the previous week, Home Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Hingham Institution for Savings. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Home Bancorp and 2 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Home Bancorp's score of 0.34 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Home Bancorp received 51 more outperform votes than Hingham Institution for Savings when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.62% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.
Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 21.1% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Home Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Home Bancorp 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.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 20.66% compared to Home Bancorp's net margin of 12.38%. Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity of 10.80% beat Home Bancorp's return on equity.
Home Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Hingham Institution for Savings. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hingham Institution for Savings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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