Home Bancshares (NYSE:HOMB) Misses Q1 CY2026 Revenue Estimates

Regional banking company Home Bancshares (NYSE:HOMB) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2026 as sales rose 3% year on year to $266.7 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.60 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Home Bancshares (HOMB) Q1 CY2026 Highlights:

Net Interest Income: $223.9 million vs analyst estimates of $229.5 million (4.3% year-on-year growth, 2.4% miss) Net Interest Margin: 4.5% vs analyst estimates of 4.6% (6.1 basis point miss) Revenue: $266.7 million vs analyst estimates of $274.8 million (3% year-on-year growth, 2.9% miss) Efficiency Ratio: 41.6% vs analyst estimates of 41.7% (7.6 basis point beat) Adjusted EPS: $0.60 vs analyst estimates of $0.59 (in line) Tangible Book Value per Share: $14.87 vs analyst estimates of $14.97 (13.1% year-on-year growth, 0.7% miss) Market Capitalization: $5.5 billion

“HOMB works for the shareholder each and every day. Our strong, consistent philosophy continues to deliver performance results that ranked us #2 in the U.S. on S&P’s banks over $10 billion for the year 2025. During current uncertain economic and geopolitical times, I am very proud that HOMB continues to be a safe place with a strong balance sheet for our customers and shareholders,” said John Allison, Chairman.

Company Overview

Founded in Conway, Arkansas in 1998 and growing through strategic acquisitions across the Southeast, Home Bancshares (NYSE:HOMB) operates as the bank holding company for Centennial Bank, providing commercial and retail banking services to businesses and individuals across multiple states.

Sales Growth

In general, banks make money from two primary sources. The first is net interest income, which is interest earned on loans, mortgages, and investments in securities minus interest paid out on deposits. The second source is non-interest income, which can come from bank account, credit card, wealth management, investing banking, and trading fees. Unfortunately, Home Bancshares’s 8.9% annualized revenue growth over the last five years was mediocre. This was below our standard for the banking sector and is a tough starting point for our analysis.Home Bancshares Quarterly Revenue

We at StockStory place the most emphasis on long-term growth, but within financials, a half-decade historical view may miss recent interest rate changes, market returns, and industry trends. Home Bancshares’s recent performance shows its demand has slowed as its annualized revenue growth of 5.4% over the last two years was below its five-year trend. We’re wary when companies in the sector see decelerations in revenue growth, as it could signal changing consumer tastes aided by low switching costs.

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Home Bancshares Year-On-Year Revenue Growth

Note: Quarters not shown were determined to be outliers, impacted by outsized investment gains/losses that are not indicative of the recurring fundamentals of the business.

This quarter, Home Bancshares’s revenue grew by 3% year on year to $266.7 million, falling short of Wall Street’s estimates.

Net interest income made up 82.8% of the company’s total revenue during the last five years, meaning Home Bancshares barely relies on non-interest income to drive its overall growth.Home Bancshares Quarterly Net Interest Income as % of Revenue

Net interest income commands greater market attention due to its reliability and consistency, whereas non-interest income is often seen as lower-quality revenue that lacks the same dependable characteristics.

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Tangible Book Value Per Share (TBVPS)

Banks are balance sheet-driven businesses because they generate earnings primarily through borrowing and lending. They’re also valued based on their balance sheet strength and ability to compound book value (another name for shareholders’ equity) over time.

When analyzing banks, tangible book value per share (TBVPS) takes precedence over many other metrics. This measure isolates genuine per-share value by removing intangible assets of debatable liquidation worth. Other (and more commonly known) per-share metrics like EPS can sometimes be murky due to M&A or accounting rules allowing for loan losses to be spread out.

Home Bancshares’s TBVPS grew at an excellent 8.4% annual clip over the last five years. TBVPS growth has also accelerated recently, growing by 12.3% annually over the last two years from $11.79 to $14.87 per share.Home Bancshares Quarterly Tangible Book Value per Share

Over the next 12 months, Consensus estimates call for Home Bancshares’s TBVPS to grow by 8.9% to $16.19, paltry growth rate.

Key Takeaways from Home Bancshares’s Q1 Results

We struggled to find many positives in these results. Its revenue missed and its net interest income fell short of Wall Street’s estimates. Overall, this quarter could have been better. The stock traded down 2% to $27.12 immediately following the results.

Home Bancshares may have had a tough quarter, but does that actually create an opportunity to invest right now? When making that decision, it’s important to consider its valuation, business qualities, as well as what has happened in the latest quarter. We cover that in our actionable full research report which you can read here, it’s free.

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