HMST vs. BRKL, CFFN, TRST, NFBK, TREE, FFIC, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, and FFNW
Should you be buying HomeStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeStreet include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), LendingTree (TREE), 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. Its Competitors
Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Brookline Bancorp has a net margin of 11.22% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -41.07%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 6.32% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
Brookline Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.77%. HomeStreet has a consensus price target of $14.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.23%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than HomeStreet.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 1 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HomeStreet and 0 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. HomeStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.93 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of HomeStreet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookline Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brookline Bancorp beats HomeStreet on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HMST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NASDAQ:HMST) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
