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Home Bancshares Inc (NYSE: HOMB) closed the day trading at $28.11 down -1.75% from the previous closing price of $28.61. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.75 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.09 million shares were traded. HOMB stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.72 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.09.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HOMB, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.31 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.25.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Hovde Group on January 17, 2025, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $35 from $36 previously.
On December 01, 2023, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $23.
Keefe Bruyette Downgraded its Outperform to Mkt Perform on December 13, 2022, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $28.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 21 ’25 when ALLISON JOHN W bought 10,000 shares for $30.76 per share. The transaction valued at 307,585 led to the insider holds 5,693,182 shares of the business.
KEY COLONY FUND LP bought 55,000 shares of HOMB for $1,706,904 on Nov 26 ’24. On Nov 25 ’24, another insider, LIEBLONG ALEX R, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 55,000 shares for $32.75 each. As a result, the insider received 1,801,250 and left with 0 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HOMB now has a Market Capitalization of 5581268992 and an Enterprise Value of 5914724864. As of this moment, Home’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.53. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.18. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.81 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.104.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HOMB is 0.92, which has changed by 0.2017957 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08190584 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HOMB has reached a high of $32.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.38. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.48%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.35%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HOMB traded about 1.08M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HOMB traded about 1014420 shares per day. A total of 198.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 183.87M. Insiders hold about 7.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.83% stake in the company. Shares short for HOMB as of 1740700800 were 4686461 with a Short Ratio of 4.33, compared to 1738281600 on 4397986. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4686461 and a Short% of Float of 3.2800000000000002.
Dividends & Splits
HOMB’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.77, up from 0.75 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.026214609The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.8. The current Payout Ratio is 37.30% for HOMB, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-12 with an ex-dividend date of 1739318400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-06-09 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
A comprehensive evaluation of Home Bancshares Inc (HOMB) is underway, with the input of 8.0 analysts contributing to its current rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.54, with high estimates of $0.56 and low estimates of $0.51.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.24 and $2.14 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.17. EPS for the following year is $2.24, with 8.0 analysts recommending between $2.34 and $2.18.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $255.2M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $259.3M to a low estimate of $252.19M. As of the current estimate, Home Bancshares Inc’s year-ago sales were $247.28MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $259.14M. There is a high estimate of $264.1M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $252.46M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for HOMB’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.06B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.02B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.04B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.03BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.08B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.14B and the low estimate is $1.05B.
