Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB) Competitors

Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer HBAN or HOMB?

In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 11 more articles in the media than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 14 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 1.07 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Huntington Bancshares	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HBAN or HOMB?

Huntington Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $17.45, indicating a potential upside of 18.73%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a consensus price target of $32.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.51%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huntington Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HBAN or HOMB?

Huntington Bancshares received 84 more outperform votes than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.93% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave Huntington Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Huntington Bancshares	Outperform Votes 588 51.62%	Underperform Votes 551 48.38%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	Outperform Votes 504 59.93%	Underperform Votes 337 40.07%

Is HBAN or HOMB a better dividend stock?

Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) 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, Inc. (Conway, AR) has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HBAN or HOMB?

Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR). Huntington Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Huntington Bancshares	$7.55B	2.84	$1.94B	$1.31	11.22
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	$1.01B	5.49	$402.24M	$2.10	13.36

Is HBAN or HOMB more profitable?

Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 27.39% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 16.23%. Huntington Bancshares' return on equity of 11.23% beat Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntington Bancshares	16.23%	11.23%	0.99%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	27.39%	10.31%	1.77%

Which has more volatility and risk, HBAN or HOMB?

Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HBAN or HOMB?

80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Huntington Bancshares and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.