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HBT Financial (HBT) Competitors

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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
HBT Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
HBT Financial 25.88%14.13%1.51%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HBT Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Busey$663.36M3.29$113.69M$1.0722.77
HBT Financial$287.27M3.32$71.78M$2.3812.72

Summary

First Busey beats HBT Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HBT vs. The Competition

MetricHBT FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$836.83M$875.57M$12.11B$9.05B
Dividend Yield3.16%3.11%5.54%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.7219.4020.0220.23
Price / Sales3.322.0325.68118.64
Price / Cash9.8849.3621.6858.07
Price / Book1.751.132.285.67
Net Income$71.78M$53.76M$1.00B$249.13M
7 Day Performance19.68%4.36%2.21%3.28%
1 Month Performance30.63%8.47%4.59%5.56%
1 Year Performance54.57%29.86%538.58%21.12%

HBT Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBT
HBT Financial
2.511 of 5 stars
$30.28
+16.2%
$25.80
-14.8%
+50.6%$836.83M$287.27M12.72730
BUSE
First Busey
4.5867 of 5 stars
$22.89
-1.4%
$27.33
+19.4%
+2.7%$2.08B$663.36M21.391,548Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.5513 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+32.1%$961.51M$376.01M11.05980News Coverage
Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.5853 of 5 stars
$39.17
-1.2%
N/A+15.6%$724.40M$185.53M14.14630
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5207 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+18.4%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.6904 of 5 stars
$66.56
+0.0%
N/A+24.5%$4.14B$1.04B10.132,336
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.7158 of 5 stars
$46.41
+0.2%
$52.83
+13.8%
+26.9%$752.34M$361.89M9.63670Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2683 of 5 stars
$35.77
+0.0%
$42.20
+18.0%
+22.1%$1.11B$358.20M14.541,010News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
STEL
Stellarone
1.8196 of 5 stars
$28.08
+1.3%
$29.00
+3.3%
+33.3%$1.55B$625.45M12.731,025Gap Up
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.6022 of 5 stars
$54.19
0.0%
$55.67
+2.7%
+55.9%$642.42M$307.51M11.73880Ex-Dividend
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8427 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+32.2%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720

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This page (NASDAQ:HBT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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