HTBI vs. NRIM, NFBK, KRNY, FMAO, CFFN, SBT, WSBF, CVLY, PFC, and PDLB
Should you be buying HomeTrust Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeTrust Bancshares include Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Premier Financial (PFC), and Ponce Financial Group (PDLB).
Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) and HomeTrust Bancshares (NASDAQ:HTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HomeTrust Bancshares had 9 more articles in the media than Northrim BanCorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HomeTrust Bancshares and 0 mentions for Northrim BanCorp. Northrim BanCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat HomeTrust Bancshares' score of 0.50 indicating that HomeTrust Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a net margin of 20.87% compared to HomeTrust Bancshares' net margin of 17.19%. HomeTrust Bancshares' return on equity of 12.66% beat Northrim BanCorp's return on equity.
HomeTrust Bancshares received 1 more outperform votes than Northrim BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.21% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave HomeTrust Bancshares an outperform vote.
Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Northrim BanCorp pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 12.8% 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. Northrim BanCorp has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and HomeTrust Bancshares has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Northrim BanCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HomeTrust Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northrim BanCorp. HomeTrust Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrim BanCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.68%. Given Northrim BanCorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HomeTrust Bancshares is more favorable than Northrim BanCorp.
Summary
HomeTrust Bancshares beats Northrim BanCorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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