HIFS vs. HBCP, ESSA, BHLB, SMBC, TCBX, FSBW, GCBC, NECB, BLFY, and TSBK
Should you be buying Hingham Institution for Savings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hingham Institution for Savings include Home Bancorp (HBCP), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), and Timberland Bancorp (TSBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 20.66% compared to Hingham Institution for Savings' net margin of 12.38%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 10.80% beat Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hingham Institution for Savings had 3 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings and 1 mentions for Home Bancorp. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Home Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Hingham Institution for Savings is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Home Bancorp has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Home Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
Home Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hingham Institution for Savings. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hingham Institution for Savings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancorp received 51 more outperform votes than Hingham Institution for Savings when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.43% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.
Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 21.1% 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 Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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