Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" HOMB shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s shares. Their HOMB share price targets range from $23.00 to $27.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price.
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Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stock was trading at $25.33 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, HOMB stock has decreased by 8.4% and is now trading at $23.21.
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Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,240,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the February 29th total of 4,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 986,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days.
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Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $173.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $167.17 million. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.91% and a net margin of 29.21%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.47 EPS.

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, March 6th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 13th.
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Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.21%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HOMB will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.11% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), AAM Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF (SMIG), Nuveen Small Cap Select ETF (NSCS), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST) and SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV).

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stock split on the morning of Thursday, June 9th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, April 21st 2016. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, June 8th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kwmg LLC (0.12%), Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.12%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.10%), Financial Management Professionals Inc. (0.05%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%) and BTC Capital Management Inc. (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Alex R Lieblong, Brian Davis, Donna Townsell, Jack Engelkes, James Pat Hickman, Jennifer C Floyd, Jim Rankin, John Stephen Tipton, John W Allison, Larry W Ross, Richard H Ashley, Robert H Adcock Jr, Russell Davis Carter III and Tracy French.
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