The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Home Bancshares Inc shares valued at $3,302,200 were sold by ALLISON JOHN W on Aug 26 ’25. At $30.02 per share, ALLISON JOHN W sold 110,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,540,776 shares worth approximately $164.89 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ALLISON JOHN W purchased 100,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,000,000 in proceeds.
Before that, TIPTON JOHN STEPHEN had sold 24,159 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $664,856, the Centennial Bank CEO traded Home Bancshares Inc shares for $27.52 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 24,159 shares, worth approximately $1.59 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Cantor Fitzgerald on September 10, 2025, Home Bancshares Inc [HOMB] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $32. Analysts at Hovde Group resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid January. As of December 01, 2023, Citigroup has initiated its “Neutral” rating for HOMB. Earlier on December 13, 2022, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for HOMB stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing HOMB Stock Performance
On last trading session, Home Bancshares Inc [NYSE: HOMB] rose 2.13% to $29.76. The stock’s lowest price that day was $29.105, but it reached a high of $29.85 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.26%. Over the course of the year, Home Bancshares Inc shares have jumped approximately 9.77%.
Is Home Bancshares Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Home Bancshares Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.21 million shares to 5.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 4.97 million shares. A jump of 4.02% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.26 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.26.
Which companies own the most shares of Home Bancshares Inc (HOMB)?
In terms of Home Bancshares Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 30 in the next 12 months, up nearly 2.95% from the previous closing price of $29.14. Analysts anticipate Home Bancshares Inc stock to reach 30 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 30. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Home Bancshares Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
