Home BancShares vs Hancock Whitney
HOMB and HWC side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HOMB and HWC compare
Home BancShares and Hancock Whitney are about the same size, with market caps of $6.0B and $5.8B.
On earnings, Home BancShares is cheaper: it trades at 12.3× trailing earnings, against 14.1× for Hancock Whitney.
Home BancShares grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.1% versus −0.24% for Hancock Whitney).
Home BancShares keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 42.7% compared with 29.1% at Hancock Whitney.
Both pay dividends: Home BancShares yields 2.9% and Hancock Whitney 2.7%.
Home BancShares scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 9 for Hancock Whitney), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HOMB | HWC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.0B | $5.8B |
| Share price | $29.77 | $71.99 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.8% | 27.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 13.1% | 39.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 0.94 |
| Employees | 2,543 | 3,627 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.3× (better) | 14.1× |
| P/S | 5.3× | 3.9× (better) |
| P/B | 1.3× | 1.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 13.9× | 10.3× (better) |
| PEG | 0.80 | – |
| FCF yield | 7.2% | 9.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $29.93 | $62.41 |
| Margin of safety | 0.54% (better) | −15.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.1% (better) | −0.24% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.5% (better) | 3.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 10.4% (better) | −9.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.5% (better) | −6.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 42.7% (better) | 29.1% |
| FCF margin | 38.3% (better) | 38.1% |
| Return on equity | 11.1% (better) | 9.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.35 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.36 (better) | 0.27 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.9% (better) | 2.7% |
| Payout ratio | 34.3% | 37.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 12 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.7% | 10.8% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% | 5.7% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.2% | 8.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.9% | 96.4% |
| Held by insiders | 5.5% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $513K (better) | −$7.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.2% | – |
Go deeper
- HOMB stock overview
- HOMB income statement
- HOMB valuation and score
- HWC stock overview
- HWC income statement
- HWC valuation and score
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