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HOMB vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, HWC, IBOC, ONB, SFNC, UBSI, FNB, and SSB

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), International Bancshares (IBOC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Simmons First National (SFNC), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), and SouthState Bank (SSB).

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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

In the previous week, Home BancShares had 13 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Home BancShares and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Home BancShares' score of 0.59 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Home BancShares
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home BancShares has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.32$358.68M$5.6812.49
Home BancShares$1.47B3.65$402.24M$2.3211.72

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 1.71%. Home BancShares has a consensus price target of $32.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.78%. Given Home BancShares' higher possible 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Home BancShares has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Home BancShares' return on equity of 10.94% 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 31.20%10.94%1.96%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Home BancShares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home BancShares pays out 34.5% 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. Home BancShares has raised 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.

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$5.36B$1.85B$12.48B$21.77B
Dividend Yield2.95%2.75%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio11.7211.0121.1232.43
Price / Sales3.652.3029.9781.20
Price / Cash12.1112.0919.3418.06
Price / Book1.361.162.244.59
Net Income$402.24M$158.22M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.09%-1.69%-0.62%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-7.16%-5.05%-2.23%-0.93%
1 Year Performance1.85%7.10%537.64%9.46%

Home BancShares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.9665 of 5 stars
$27.19
+2.5%
$32.83
+20.8%
+1.9%$5.36B$1.47B11.722,552Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.5809 of 5 stars
$72.60
+2.0%
$72.14
-0.6%
+9.4%$4.98B$1.13B13.932,850News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.4167 of 5 stars
$47.47
+2.4%
$50.17
+5.7%
-0.3%$3.20B$1.39B11.471,266Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8131 of 5 stars
$24.93
+2.2%
$29.83
+19.7%
-8.9%$2.34B$1.62B9.972,090Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6744 of 5 stars
$60.49
+2.5%
$70.00
+15.7%
+5.9%$5.00B$2.06B11.143,476Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.3233 of 5 stars
$66.82
+1.6%
N/A+1.7%$4.09B$1.04B10.092,336Positive News
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.8707 of 5 stars
$21.25
+3.1%
$26.36
+24.1%
+1.7%$8.08B$2.96B12.574,066Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.648 of 5 stars
$18.93
+2.6%
$22.75
+20.2%
-21.4%$2.67B$1.46B14.912,946Trending News
Earnings Report
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.1028 of 5 stars
$36.08
+1.5%
$40.50
+12.3%
-6.6%$5.03B$1.63B12.752,553Upcoming Earnings
FNB
F.N.B.
4.568 of 5 stars
$15.63
+2.4%
$18.64
+19.3%
+3.3%$5.48B$2.57B12.214,280Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
SSB
SouthState Bank
4.5675 of 5 stars
$96.24
+2.5%
$117.08
+21.7%
N/A$9.50B$2.44B14.344,986Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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