Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) (NYSE:HOMB) does about 1.09M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 2073367 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 4.55B USD . Its current market price is $22.57, marking an increase of 0.40% compared to the previous close of $22.48. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $26.20 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $19.77. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $22.74 and a low of $22.22.
Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) (HOMB) has a 20-day trading average at $23.70 and the current price is -13.85% off the 52-week high compared with 14.16% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $23.44 and its 200-day simple moving average is $23.03. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.93%, which increases to 2.27% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 37.37 to suggest the stock is neutral.
7 analysts observing the Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) (HOMB) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $26.00 and $28.00. The consensus objective for the share price is $27.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 16.41% over the period. The median price target is 16.41% away from the current levels at $27.00.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 7 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 4 analysts have rated it as a buy and 3 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Overweight and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on December 13, 2022 when Keefe Bruyette downgraded the stock to “Mkt Perform” and issued a price target of $28.
The current price level is -4.96%, -3.84%, and -2.04% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the HOMB price moving above the 50-day SMA on August 18. Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) (HOMB) stock is down -4.69% over the week and -6.50% over the past month. Its price is -0.97% year-to-date and -10.54% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 6/29/2023, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $0.52 above consensus estimates by $0.01. The company’s next earnings report is expected on 10/19/2023, with forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at $0.48 and $1.98 for whole year. HOMB’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 26.10% this year and -4.50% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $248.72 million, which analysts say will come at $1.01 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $1 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $249.61 million.
Its 12-month price target is $27.00. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 16.41 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $26.00, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $28.00.
Outstanding shares total 202.79M with insiders holding 7.18% of the shares and institutional holders owning 65.66% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 15.30% and return on equity of 12.10%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.64 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 11.94. The beta has a value of 1.18. Price to book ratio is 1.25 and price to sales ratio is 4.18.
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has reduced its position in Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) (HOMB) to 6,187,758 shares, mirroring a recent drop by -0.10%. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF dumped 6456.0 shares of Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) common stock bringing its total worth to about $150.42 million at the end of recent close, SEC documents show. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF isn’t the only investment manager who changed stakes and is followed by iShares Core S&P Mid Cap ETF, which added 4324.0 shares to end up with 6,050,324 shares worth $147.08 million. Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund raise their holdings by 0.41% in the company over the course of the most recent quarter. It now holds a 2.46% position in Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) thanks to 5.0 million shares amounting to $121.46 million.
