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Home BancShares (HOMB) Competitors

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$29.37 -0.44 (-1.48%)
As of 03:58 PM Eastern

HOMB vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, HWC, PPBI, SFNC, SSB, TOWN, UBSI, and FNB

Should you be buying Home BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home BancShares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), SouthState (SSB), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Home BancShares vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Home BancShares (NYSE:HOMB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Home BancShares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home BancShares pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Home BancShares has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Home BancShares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Home BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 4 mentions for Home BancShares. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Home BancShares' score of 0.39 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Home BancShares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of Home BancShares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Home BancShares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Home BancShares has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home BancShares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.11$358.68M$5.4012.41
Home BancShares$1.47B3.95$402.24M$2.1013.99

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home BancShares has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.55%. Home BancShares has a consensus price target of $32.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Given Home BancShares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Home BancShares is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Home BancShares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Home BancShares has a net margin of 28.44% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Home BancShares' return on equity of 10.49% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Home BancShares 28.44%10.49%1.82%

Summary

Home BancShares beats Ameris Bancorp on 10 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 NYSE 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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HOMB vs. The Competition

MetricHome BancSharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.89B$2.00B$12.05B$20.71B
Dividend Yield2.68%2.62%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio13.9912.1118.8025.95
Price / Sales3.952.3025.7238.53
Price / Cash13.3012.5018.7218.22
Price / Book1.471.212.254.59
Net Income$402.24M$154.64M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.20%3.32%1.38%1.73%
1 Month Performance3.31%5.73%3.40%4.26%
1 Year Performance24.93%29.75%542.06%14.35%

Home BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.832 of 5 stars
$29.37
-1.5%
$32.40
+10.3%
+26.8%$5.89B$1.47B13.992,552
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6035 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+38.4%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.8627 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+32.3%$3.20B$1.39B11.501,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5136 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+19.1%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4613 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+33.3%$4.94B$2.06B10.593,476Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6973 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+5.1%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.5923 of 5 stars
$18.96
+0.2%
$22.33
+17.8%
+19.2%$2.38B$1.46B16.342,946Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.4165 of 5 stars
$92.07
+1.2%
$116.27
+26.3%
+28.4%$9.34B$1.88B13.235,030Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.851 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+34.4%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1506 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+21.7%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.2688 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+16.2%$5.24B$2.57B11.584,280Analyst Downgrade

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