HBT vs. CCB, GSBC, OSBC, FCBC, PFC, CTBI, FMBH, AMAL, HTBK, and TRST
Should you be buying HBT Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HBT Financial include Coastal Financial (CCB), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Premier Financial (PFC), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
HBT Financial vs.
HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) and Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
HBT Financial currently has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Coastal Financial has a consensus price target of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 41.28%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than HBT Financial.
24.2% of HBT Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.6% of HBT Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Coastal Financial shares are owned 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.
HBT Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coastal Financial. HBT Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HBT Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Coastal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HBT Financial and 0 mentions for Coastal Financial. HBT Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Coastal Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that HBT Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HBT Financial has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HBT Financial has a net margin of 26.76% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 10.78%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 19.73% beat HBT Financial's return on equity.
HBT Financial received 18 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.06% of users gave HBT Financial an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
HBT Financial and Coastal Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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