HBT vs. INTR, CORZ, AUB, PRK, CLSK, BFH, ENVA, LU, PPBI, and FINV
Should you be buying HBT Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HBT Financial include Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Core Scientific (CORZ), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Park National (PRK), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), Lufax (LU), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), and FinVolution Group (FINV). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HBT Financial vs.
HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) and Inter & Co, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
HBT Financial has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter & Co, Inc. has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HBT Financial presently has a consensus price target of $25.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.09%. Inter & Co, Inc. has a consensus price target of $6.48, suggesting a potential downside of 8.93%. Given HBT Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe HBT Financial is more favorable than Inter & Co, Inc..
78.6% of HBT Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of Inter & Co, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of HBT Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HBT Financial and HBT Financial both had 2 articles in the media. HBT Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Inter & Co, Inc.'s score of 1.31 indicating that HBT Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HBT Financial has a net margin of 24.99% compared to Inter & Co, Inc.'s net margin of 11.74%. HBT Financial's return on equity of 14.57% beat Inter & Co, Inc.'s return on equity.
HBT Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Inter & Co, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. HBT Financial pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inter & Co, Inc. pays out 19.5% 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. HBT Financial has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. HBT Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
HBT Financial received 16 more outperform votes than Inter & Co, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.55% of users gave Inter & Co, Inc. an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave HBT Financial an outperform vote.
Inter & Co, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than HBT Financial. HBT Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inter & Co, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HBT Financial beats Inter & Co, Inc. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff