HTBI vs. BKU, CVBF, TOWN, TBBK, SFNC, FFBC, SYBT, SBCF, BANR, and FRME
Should you be buying HomeTrust Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeTrust Bancshares include BankUnited (BKU), CVB Financial (CVBF), TowneBank (TOWN), Bancorp (TBBK), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Banner (BANR), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
HomeTrust Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
HomeTrust Bancshares (NASDAQ:HTBI) and BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
HomeTrust Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BankUnited pays out 38.5% 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. HomeTrust Bancshares has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and BankUnited has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
BankUnited has higher revenue and earnings than HomeTrust Bancshares. BankUnited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HomeTrust Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HomeTrust Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. BankUnited has a consensus target price of $40.42, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. Given HomeTrust Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe HomeTrust Bancshares is more favorable than BankUnited.
60.9% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of BankUnited shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of BankUnited shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a net margin of 18.57% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 12.26%. HomeTrust Bancshares' return on equity of 10.43% beat BankUnited's return on equity.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BankUnited has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BankUnited had 4 more articles in the media than HomeTrust Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BankUnited and 0 mentions for HomeTrust Bancshares. BankUnited's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat HomeTrust Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BankUnited received 192 more outperform votes than HomeTrust Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.13% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave HomeTrust Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
BankUnited beats HomeTrust Bancshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTBI) was last updated on 6/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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