Home BancShares (HOMB) Competitors $29.88 +0.36 (+1.22%) As of 10:57 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock HOMB vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, PNFP, WAL, CBSH, and WTFCShould you be buying Home BancShares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home BancShares include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Wintrust Financial (WTFC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry. Home BancShares vs. Its Competitors Regions Financial KeyCorp East West Bancorp First Horizon SouthState Webster Financial Pinnacle Financial Partners Western Alliance Bancorporation Commerce Bancshares Wintrust Financial Home BancShares (NYSE:HOMB) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation. Do analysts prefer HOMB or RF? Home BancShares presently has a consensus price target of $32.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.43%. Regions Financial has a consensus price target of $25.90, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. Given Home BancShares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Home BancShares is more favorable than Regions Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Home BancShares 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60Regions Financial 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.52 Is HOMB or RF more profitable? Home BancShares has a net margin of 28.44% compared to Regions Financial's net margin of 21.43%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 13.04% beat Home BancShares' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Home BancShares28.44% 10.49% 1.82% Regions Financial 21.43%13.04%1.36% Do insiders and institutionals believe in HOMB or RF? 67.3% of Home BancShares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Home BancShares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation & earnings, HOMB or RF? Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home BancShares. Regions Financial 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 RatioHome BancShares$1.47B4.02$402.24M$2.1014.23Regions Financial$9.37B2.38$1.89B$2.0811.95 Does the media prefer HOMB or RF? In the previous week, Regions Financial had 28 more articles in the media than Home BancShares. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Regions Financial and 2 mentions for Home BancShares. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Home BancShares' score of 0.28 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Home BancShares 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Regions Financial 19 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, HOMB or RF? Home BancShares has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is HOMB or RF a better dividend stock? Home BancShares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Home BancShares pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% 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 and Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. SummaryHome BancShares beats Regions Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Home BancShares News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HOMB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HOMB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart HOMB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHome BancSharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.90B$2.01B$12.08B$20.63BDividend Yield2.72%2.67%5.58%3.77%P/E Ratio14.2212.5020.0428.02Price / Sales4.022.3325.5738.37Price / Cash13.1012.2221.3421.91Price / Book1.501.222.284.58Net Income$402.24M$154.64M$1.00B$984.95M7 Day Performance4.25%4.16%2.14%2.68%1 Month Performance5.38%7.08%4.20%5.23%1 Year Performance26.08%29.05%540.96%14.27% Home BancShares Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HOMBHome BancShares3.1811 of 5 stars$29.88+1.2%$32.40+8.4%+22.7%$5.90B$1.47B14.222,552RFRegions Financial4.8669 of 5 stars$22.67+2.1%$25.80+13.8%+22.3%$19.96B$9.37B10.9019,644Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionKEYKeyCorp4.914 of 5 stars$16.50+2.1%$18.92+14.7%+26.3%$17.71B$4.64B-97.0416,753Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionEWBCEast West Bancorp3.6116 of 5 stars$97.51+2.6%$107.85+10.6%+45.4%$13.10B$4.53B11.643,100News CoverageAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionFHNFirst Horizon4.5184 of 5 stars$20.24+1.5%$22.53+11.3%+37.8%$10.11B$5.03B14.067,252News CoverageAnalyst ForecastSSBSouthState4.348 of 5 stars$88.28+2.7%$116.27+31.7%+25.4%$8.96B$1.88B12.685,030Positive NewsWBSWebster Financial4.8802 of 5 stars$53.15+2.2%$63.75+19.9%+28.0%$8.75B$4.18B11.974,407Analyst ForecastPNFPPinnacle Financial Partners4.6479 of 5 stars$107.54+2.5%$121.27+12.8%+45.8%$8.14B$3.07B17.403,565News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastWALWestern Alliance Bancorporation4.9897 of 5 stars$74.82+1.9%$97.77+30.7%+31.1%$8.11B$5.08B10.263,524News CoverageAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionCBSHCommerce Bancshares4.5214 of 5 stars$61.36+1.0%$63.80+4.0%+14.5%$8.10B$2.09B14.864,687WTFCWintrust Financial4.4537 of 5 stars$122.43+1.7%$135.77+10.9%+30.2%$8.06B$3.97B12.115,903Analyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Regions Financial Competitors KeyCorp Competitors East West Bancorp Competitors First Horizon Competitors SouthState Competitors Webster Financial Competitors Pinnacle Financial Partners Competitors Western Alliance Bancorporation Competitors Commerce Bancshares Competitors Wintrust Financial Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:HOMB) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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