How did Home Bancshares Inc (HOMB) surprise investors with its report?

At the time of writing, Home Bancshares Inc [HOMB] stock is trading at $28.83, up 2.52%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The HOMB shares have gain 2.71% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 20.33%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Home Bancshares Inc [NYSE: HOMB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 01, 2023, when Citigroup initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $23. Previously, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on December 13, 2022, and kept the price target unchanged to $28. On July 16, 2021, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform. Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Outperform but stick to its price target of $14 on April 17, 2020. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Barclays started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on February 11, 2019, and assigned it a price target of $21. In a note dated June 18, 2018, Citigroup initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $28 on this stock.

For the past year, the stock price of Home Bancshares Inc fluctuated between $19.61 and $28.82. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $28.5 within the next 12 months. Home Bancshares Inc [NYSE: HOMB] shares were valued at $28.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.14% based on the average HOMB price forecast.

Analyzing the HOMB fundamentals

According to Home Bancshares Inc [NYSE:HOMB], the company’s sales were 1.40B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 9.14% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.93% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.39%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.29%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is -0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.49.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 28.37 points at the first support level, and at 27.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 29.10, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 29.38.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Home Bancshares Inc [NYSE:HOMB] has a current ratio of 0.29. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.12, the price to book ratio is 1.49 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.04.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Hester Kevin, President and CLO, that happened on Jul 19 ’24 when 25263.0 shares were sold. Chief Financial Officer, Davis Brian completed a deal on Jul 19 ’24 to sell 15391.0 shares. Meanwhile, Centennial Bank Chairman French Tracy sold 79306.0 shares on May 16 ’24.

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