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$14.79 -0.30 (-1.99%)
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HBNC vs. INDB, BKU, CVBF, TOWN, TBBK, SFNC, FFBC, FRME, RNST, and SYBT

Should you be buying Horizon Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Bancorp include Independent Bank (INDB), BankUnited (BKU), CVB Financial (CVBF), TowneBank (TOWN), Bancorp (TBBK), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Renasant (RNST), and Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Horizon Bancorp vs.

Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.

Independent Bank received 80 more outperform votes than Horizon Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.41% of users gave Horizon Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.79% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Horizon BancorpOutperform Votes
310
57.41%
Underperform Votes
230
42.59%
Independent BankOutperform Votes
390
53.79%
Underperform Votes
335
46.21%

Horizon Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $17.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.98%. Independent Bank has a consensus price target of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.44%. Given Horizon Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Horizon Bancorp is more favorable than Independent Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Horizon Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Independent Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Bancorp. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Horizon Bancorp$203.08M3.24$35.43M$1.0214.65
Independent Bank$694.32M3.78$192.08M$4.4413.85

Horizon Bancorp has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Independent Bank had 8 more articles in the media than Horizon Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Independent Bank and 2 mentions for Horizon Bancorp. Horizon Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Independent Bank's score of 1.55 indicating that Horizon Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Horizon Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Independent Bank
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Independent Bank has a net margin of 19.58% compared to Horizon Bancorp's net margin of 9.86%. Horizon Bancorp's return on equity of 8.48% beat Independent Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Horizon Bancorp9.86% 8.48% 0.79%
Independent Bank 19.58%6.57%1.00%

64.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Independent Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Horizon Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Horizon Bancorp pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank pays out 53.2% 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. Independent Bank has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Summary

Independent Bank beats Horizon Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HBNC vs. The Competition

MetricHorizon BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$657.80M$3.25B$11.48B$8.43B
Dividend Yield4.05%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio18.6823.8622.4519.75
Price / Sales3.243.0727.52118.67
Price / Cash8.4710.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.921.192.774.50
Net Income$35.43M$372.21M$1.04B$248.32M
7 Day Performance-5.89%-2.65%-0.29%0.48%
1 Month Performance7.21%4.75%6.03%13.08%
1 Year Performance17.96%15.97%536.56%7.36%

Horizon Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.6223 of 5 stars
$14.79
-2.0%
$17.33
+17.2%
+18.8%$650.98M$203.08M18.49910Positive News
INDB
Independent Bank
4.3469 of 5 stars
$64.64
-0.1%
$71.00
+9.8%
+15.5%$2.75B$694.32M14.301,690News Coverage
Positive News
BKU
BankUnited
4.3591 of 5 stars
$36.10
-0.6%
$40.55
+12.3%
+17.7%$2.72B$1.03B11.721,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CVBF
CVB Financial
3.0833 of 5 stars
$19.67
-0.6%
$23.50
+19.5%
+11.7%$2.71B$476.02M13.661,070Positive News
TOWN
TowneBank
3.2698 of 5 stars
$35.29
+0.3%
$40.00
+13.3%
+24.8%$2.65B$717.45M16.412,784Analyst Downgrade
TBBK
Bancorp
3.1365 of 5 stars
$53.78
-0.3%
$67.00
+24.6%
+54.3%$2.51B$575.31M12.51720Analyst Downgrade
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.53 of 5 stars
$19.90
-0.2%
$22.33
+12.2%
+4.3%$2.51B$777.54M16.453,200News Coverage
Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.252 of 5 stars
$25.05
-0.2%
$29.25
+16.8%
+3.9%$2.40B$840.71M10.442,110Positive News
FRME
First Merchants
4.7968 of 5 stars
$39.37
+0.5%
$46.40
+17.9%
+7.4%$2.30B$633.33M11.512,120Positive News
Dividend Increase
RNST
Renasant
3.8512 of 5 stars
$35.87
+0.0%
$41.00
+14.3%
+9.9%$2.28B$668.50M10.972,330Positive News
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
3.103 of 5 stars
$76.50
+0.3%
$77.25
+1.0%
+51.3%$2.25B$355.24M19.671,040Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:HBNC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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