HMST vs. CFFN, TREE, TRST, HIFS, NFBK, FFIC, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, and FFNW
Should you be buying HomeStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeStreet include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and First Financial Northwest (FFNW). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
HomeStreet vs.
Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial and Capitol Federal Financial both had 8 articles in the media. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat HomeStreet's score of -0.17 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HomeStreet received 20 more outperform votes than Capitol Federal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote.
Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capitol Federal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -40.30%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.96% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
Capitol Federal Financial currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.44%. HomeStreet has a consensus price target of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.44%. Given HomeStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HomeStreet is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.
Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. HomeStreet pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HomeStreet pays out -5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats HomeStreet on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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