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