Home BancShares (HOMB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Home BancShares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Conway, Arkansas. Its principal subsidiary, Centennial Bank, provides community banking services to individuals, businesses and institutional customers.

Centennial Bank offers a range of deposit products, including checking, savings, money market and certificate of deposit accounts, as well as commercial, residential mortgage, real estate, agricultural and consumer loans. The bank also provides treasury management, online and mobile banking, cash management and other financial services designed for business and retail customers.

Home BancShares was founded in 1998 and has grown through a combination of organic expansion and acquisitions. Through Centennial Bank, it serves customers across Arkansas, Alabama, Florida and Texas, with a network of community banking locations and digital banking capabilities. The company is led by an experienced management team focused on relationship-based banking and long-term growth.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.90 to $30.25
• 50-Day Range: $28.21 to $31.45
• 52-Week Range: $25.50 to $31.70
• Volume: 1.84 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.57 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.40
• Dividend Yield: 3.07%
• Price Target: $33.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Home BancShares Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Home BancShares scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 241st out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Home BancShares has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Home BancShares is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Home BancShares has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1.59%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Home BancShares are expected to grow by 1.59% in the coming year, from $2.51 to $2.55 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Home BancShares is 12.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.01.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Home BancShares is 12.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.55.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Home BancShares has a P/B Ratio of 1.37. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.55% of the float of Home BancShares has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Home BancShares has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Home BancShares has recently increased by 0.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Home BancShares pays a meaningful dividend of 3.07%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Home BancShares has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Home BancShares is 38.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Home BancShares will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.08% next year. This indicates that Home BancShares will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.80

News Sentiment

Home BancShares has a news sentiment score of 0.80. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Home BancShares this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Home BancShares to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Home BancShares insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $379,080.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.39% of the stock of Home BancShares is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.31% of the stock of Home BancShares is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/15/2026
• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2026
• Today: 9/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/14/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HOMB
• CIK: 1331520
• Web: www.homebancshares.com
• Phone: (501) 339-2929
• Fax: 501-328-4679
• Employees: 2,543
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Home BancShares: $33.00
• High Price Target: $36.00
• Low Price Target: $31.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.95
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $475.44 million
• Net Margins: 32.10%
• Pretax Margin: 41.47%
• Return on Equity: 11.12%
• Return on Assets: 2.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.16
• Current Ratio: 0.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.06
• Cash Flow: $2.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.64
• Book Value: $21.86 per share
• Price / Book: 1.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 200,050,000
• Free Float: 187,267,000
• Market Cap: $6.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.67