Home Bancshares (HOMB)
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Rating:69Neutral
Price Target:
$29.00
▲(7.85% Upside)
Action:DowngradedDate:04/18/26
The score is driven primarily by solid underlying fundamentals and a generally positive earnings-call read-through (strong profitability, capital, and reserve positioning). These strengths are tempered by weakening technical trends (trading below major moving averages) and near-term fundamental/cash-flow and operating headwinds highlighted in the data (2025 cash flow deterioration, elevated payoffs, NIM/expense pressure, and a large nonperforming credit).
Positive Factors
Sustained Profitability
Consistently high returns (2.09% ROA, 16.56% ROTCE) indicate a durable, profitable franchise that generates internal capital. This supports buybacks, M&A and loss-absorption capacity, and signals scalable core economics resilient to moderate cyclical swings.
Negative Factors
Elevated Payoff Runoff Risk
Large, concentrated payoff activity materially reduces earning assets and requires sustained new production or M&A to avoid revenue decline. Persistent runoff cycles can depress net interest income, strain production economics and force higher origination or deposit costs.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Sustained Profitability
Consistently high returns (2.09% ROA, 16.56% ROTCE) indicate a durable, profitable franchise that generates internal capital. This supports buybacks, M&A and loss-absorption capacity, and signals scalable core economics resilient to moderate cyclical swings.
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Home Bancshares (HOMB) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$5.59B
Dividend Yield2.85%
Average Volume (3M)1.39M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)0.71
Revenue Growth1.43%
EPS Growth19.58%
CountryUS
Employees2,552
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryBanks - Regional
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.60
Shares Outstanding202,061,070
10 Day Avg. Volume1,307,739
30 Day Avg. Volume1,393,108
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.58
Price to Book (P/B)1.27
Price to Sales (P/S)3.98
P/FCF Ratio11.35
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.94
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.83
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit4.95
Enterprise Value/Ebitda8.51
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$31.75Price Target Upside18.07% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering5
EPS Forecast (FY)2.52
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.17B
Home Bancshares Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) operates as the bank holding company for Centennial Bank that provides commercial and retail banking, and related financial services to businesses, real estate developers and investors, individuals, and municipal...
How the Company Makes Money
Home Bancshares primarily makes money through its banking subsidiary by (1) generating net interest income and (2) earning noninterest income (fees), with operating expenses and credit costs affecting net earnings.
1) Net interest income (core ea...
Home Bancshares Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 15, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 16, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
Overall the call presents a positive operational and capital position: record book-value metrics, strong profitability (2.09% ROA, 16.56% ROTCE), robust capital ratios, high reserves, disciplined private-credit de-risking, and active capital return/M&A activity. Near-term headwinds include one large nonperforming credit, elevated payoff activity that may slow organic loan growth in Q2–Q3, modest QoQ NIM compression, and temporary expense pressure from the Mountain Commerce integration. Management communicates confidence in reserves, capital and the ability to manage the Texas credit and payoff cycles while pursuing buybacks and accretive M&A.Positive Updates
Record Book Value and Tangible Book Growth
Book value per share of $22.15 and tangible book value per share of $14.87, a $1.72 per share increase year-over-year (13% YoY growth).
Negative Updates
Large Texas Credit Moved to Nonperforming
A ~$110 million Texas commercial & industrial credit was placed on nonperforming status this quarter. Management does not expect material loss but noted increased nonaccrual balances and limited visibility until resolution. Impact to loan yield/NIM was roughly 5 bps and 4 bps, respectively, for the quarter (~$1.6 million).
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Book Value and Tangible Book Growth
Book value per share of $22.15 and tangible book value per share of $14.87, a $1.72 per share increase year-over-year (13% YoY growth).
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Company Guidance
Management’s guidance emphasized continued conservative capital and liquidity positioning and steady core earnings: record book value per share $22.15 and tangible book $14.87 (+$1.72, +13% YoY), Q1 net income $118.2M, ROA 2.09% and ROTCE 16.56%; capital ratios CET1 16.7%, Tier 1 16.7%, total risk‑based capital 19.5% and leverage 14.3%; ~ $300M loan loss reserves (reserve coverage of NPLs >160% and, management says, roughly 15 years of historical charge‑offs); a consistent pretax, pre‑provision net revenue run‑rate of ~$150–160M/quarter; Q1 NIM 4.51% (core 4.51%), loan yield 7.08% (production ~7.25%, community ~6.99–7.00%), interest‑bearing deposit cost 2.35% and total deposit cost 1.83% (exit 1.82%), noninterest‑bearing deposits ≈$4.0B (22.5% of deposits), Q1 loan production $917M; CCFG portfolio ≈$2.1B (Q1 new production $370M, payoffs just under $200M; private credit outstandings $87M, down >80% from ~$500M in 2022); scheduled payoffs anticipated near ~$1B in Q2 (and potentially Q3); Mountain Commerce adds >$1.4B loans with conversion in November (initially expected to add ~$7–7.5M/quarter in expenses until late‑2026 when full savings hit) and may cause modest near‑term margin pressure, management repurchased 507K shares (reported $1.314B) and plans continued buybacks (aiming to retire MCB shares of ~5.5M), and they do not expect the $110M Texas C&I nonaccrual to cause material earnings loss (interest reversal ≈$1.6M this quarter, ~5 bps loan yield / ~4 bps NIM impact).Home Bancshares Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
80
Positive
Balance Sheet
82
Very Positive
Cash Flow
58
Neutral
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 1.37B | 1.45B | 1.33B | 1.04B | 751.98M |
| Gross Profit | 1.06B | 952.60M | 967.81M | 855.30M | 704.54M |
| EBITDA | 617.62M | 551.54M | 542.81M | 426.43M | 436.26M |
| Net Income | 475.44M | 402.24M | 392.93M | 305.26M | 319.02M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 22.88B | 22.49B | 22.66B | 22.88B | 18.05B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 2.24B | 2.65B | 4.51B | 4.77B | 6.77B |
| Total Debt | 935.32M | 1.20B | 1.88B | 1.22B | 911.98M |
| Total Liabilities | 18.59B | 18.53B | 18.87B | 19.36B | 15.29B |
| Stockholders Equity | 4.30B | 3.96B | 3.79B | 3.53B | 2.77B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 482.33M | 422.12M | 357.20M | 393.59M | 379.10M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 504.60M | 460.65M | 379.67M | 413.17M | 389.38M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -86.83M | 5.67M | 578.46M | -1.02B | 624.66M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -398.59M | -556.18M | -682.71M | -2.31B | 1.37B |
Home Bancshares Technical Analysis
Negative
26.89
Price Trends
27.74
Negative
28.03
Negative
27.98
Negative
Market Momentum
0.04
Negative
43.99
Neutral
30.82
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For HOMB, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 26.89 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 27.19, below the 50-day MA of 27.74, and below the 200-day MA of 27.98, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of 0.04 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 43.99 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 30.82 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for HOMB.
Home Bancshares Risk Analysis
Home Bancshares disclosed 32 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Home Bancshares reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Home Bancshares Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
75 Outperform | $5.43B | 7.10 | 11.93% | 3.68% | 2.79% | 2.11% | |
74 Outperform | $6.36B | 10.86 | 8.58% | 2.73% | 4.54% | 27.56% | |
71 Outperform | $8.60B | 9.60 | 8.39% | 5.07% | -0.30% | -3.80% | |
69 Neutral | $5.59B | ― | 11.29% | 2.85% | 1.43% | 19.58% | |
69 Neutral | $7.30B | 8.34 | 7.82% | 3.69% | -1.94% | 41.35% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% | |
67 Neutral | $6.21B | 23.95 | 6.53% | 2.89% | 8.73% | 26.19% |
* Financial Sector Average
HOMB
Home Bancshares
26.89
1.31
5.11%
OZK
Bank OZK
48.73
9.94
25.64%
COLB
Columbia Banking System
29.63
8.73
41.76%
FNB
F.N.B.
17.94
5.86
48.52%
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
48.94
10.77
28.22%
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
13.52
5.71
73.09%
Home Bancshares Corporate Events
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Home BancShares Shareholders Approve Directors and Governance Proposals
Positive
Apr 17, 2026
At its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 16, 2026, Home BancShares, Inc. shareholders elected all fourteen director nominees put forward in the company’s proxy materials, with each candidate receiving strong majority support ...
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Home BancShares Posts Solid First-Quarter 2026 Earnings Performance
Positive
Apr 15, 2026
Home BancShares reported first-quarter 2026 net income of $118.2 million, flat sequentially but higher year on year, with diluted EPS of $0.60 and a robust return on assets of 2.09%. Management highlighted that the bank’s consistent philosop...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A Transactions
Home BancShares completes Mountain Commerce Bancorp all-stock acquisition
Positive
Apr 1, 2026
On April 1, 2026, Home BancShares, Inc. completed its previously announced all-stock acquisition of Mountain Commerce Bancorp, Inc., the parent of Mountain Commerce Bank, in a transaction valued at about $146 million. The deal adds roughly $1.77 b...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A TransactionsRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Home BancShares Gains Approvals for Mountain Commerce Acquisition
Positive
Mar 24, 2026
On March 24, 2026, Home BancShares, Inc. announced that it has received regulatory approvals from the Federal Reserve and the Arkansas State Bank Department to acquire Mountain Commerce Bancorp, Inc., the parent of Mountain Commerce Bank. The regu...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A TransactionsRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Home Bancshares Issues Supplemental Disclosures on MCBI Merger
Positive
Mar 2, 2026
On December 7, 2025, Home BancShares agreed to acquire Mountain Commerce Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary Mountain Commerce Bank, with MCBI merging into Home and MCB into Centennial Bank, further extending Home’s regional banking presence. O...
Executive/Board Changes
Home BancShares appoints John W. Allison II to board
Neutral
Jan 20, 2026
On January 16, 2026, Home BancShares, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors appointed John W. Allison II to serve as a director of the company, with his term effective immediately and running until the next annual meeting or until a successor...
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