HBT vs. BUSE, CTBI, FCBC, FFBC, IBOC, MBWM, OBK, STEL, THFF, and TOWN
Should you be buying HBT Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HBT Financial include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Stellarone (STEL), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), and Towne Bank (TOWN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
HBT Financial vs. Its Competitors
First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
First Busey currently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.57%. HBT Financial has a consensus price target of $25.80, suggesting a potential downside of 14.80%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than HBT Financial.
56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of HBT Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.7% of HBT Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HBT Financial has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. HBT Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HBT Financial pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and HBT Financial has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
HBT Financial has a net margin of 25.88% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. HBT Financial's return on equity of 14.13% beat First Busey's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Busey had 8 more articles in the media than HBT Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Busey and 7 mentions for HBT Financial. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat HBT Financial's score of -0.10 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than HBT Financial. HBT Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First Busey beats HBT Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HBT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff