Home Bancshares Inc (NYSE: HOMB)’s stock price has soared by 0.54% in relation to previous closing price of $29.36. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 4.76% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-25 that The CRE segment will likely drag the total loan growth, while residential loans will likely boost loan growth. The deposit cost is currently highly sensitive to interest rate changes. Therefore, future Fed funds rate cuts will significantly reduce deposit costs and lift the margin. The previously disclosed, upcoming loan recoveries will keep the provision expense for loan losses subdued.
Is It Worth Investing in Home Bancshares Inc (NYSE: HOMB) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Home Bancshares Inc (NYSE: HOMB) is 14.11x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for HOMB is 0.77. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for HOMB is 182.88M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.99% of that float. On July 03, 2025, HOMB’s average trading volume was 921.52K shares.
HOMB’s Market Performance
The stock of Home Bancshares Inc (HOMB) has seen a 4.76% increase in the past week, with a 4.98% rise in the past month, and a 4.61% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.23%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.83% for HOMB. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 4.43% for HOMB’s stock, with a simple moving average of 3.35% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HOMB
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HOMB stocks, with Hovde Group repeating the rating for HOMB by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for HOMB in the upcoming period, according to Hovde Group is $35 based on the research report published on January 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Citigroup, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HOMB reach a price target of $23. The rating they have provided for HOMB stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on December 01st, 2023.
Keefe Bruyette gave a rating of “Mkt Perform” to HOMB, setting the target price at $28 in the report published on December 13th of the previous year.
HOMB Trading at 4.08% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HOMB to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -10.29% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HOMB starting from TIPTON JOHN STEPHEN, who sale 24,159 shares at the price of $27.52 back on Jun 20 ’25. After this action, TIPTON JOHN STEPHEN now owns 53,308 shares of Home Bancshares Inc, valued at $664,856 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HOMB
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.37 for the present operating margin
- 0.67 for the gross margin
The net margin for Home Bancshares Inc stands at 0.29. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 10.63, with 1.82 for asset returns.
Based on Home Bancshares Inc (HOMB), the company’s capital structure generated 0.23 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.36. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.3. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.24.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 551.54 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.17. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.94. The receivables turnover for the company is 12.54for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.06. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.33.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Home Bancshares Inc (HOMB) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
