HOMB vs. COLB, BPOP, UBSI, SSB, WTFC, WAL, FFIN, PB, GBCI, and CBSH
Should you be buying Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) include Columbia Banking System (COLB), Popular (BPOP), United Bankshares (UBSI), SouthState (SSB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) vs.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.59%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus target price of $28.44, indicating a potential upside of 31.20%. Given Columbia Banking System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR).
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Banking System. Columbia Banking System 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.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 60.8% 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) received 234 more outperform votes than Columbia Banking System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.50% of users gave Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) an outperform vote while only 47.34% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
60.4% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) has a net margin of 28.70% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.18%. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s return on equity of 12.00% beat Columbia Banking System's return on equity.
In the previous week, Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) had 3 more articles in the media than Columbia Banking System. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) and 1 mentions for Columbia Banking System. Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)'s average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 0.00 indicating that Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) beats Columbia Banking System on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
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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