HBT vs. BUR, PRK, LU, CLSK, BFH, ENVA, FINV, PPBI, NTB, and FBK
Should you be buying HBT Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HBT Financial include Burford Capital (BUR), Park National (PRK), Lufax (LU), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HBT Financial vs. Its Competitors
HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
78.6% of HBT Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of HBT Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HBT Financial has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HBT Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. HBT Financial pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 12.9% 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.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to HBT Financial's net margin of 24.99%. HBT Financial's return on equity of 14.57% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
HBT Financial currently has a consensus target price of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.72%. Burford Capital has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.12%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than HBT Financial.
HBT Financial received 14 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave HBT Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 1 more articles in the media than HBT Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Burford Capital and 3 mentions for HBT Financial. HBT Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.81 indicating that HBT Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than HBT Financial. HBT Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Burford Capital beats HBT Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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