HLFN Fundamental Analysis & Score

Home Loan Financial Corporation Financial Services Banks - Regional
$46.50
Quote dated October 15, 2026
76/100
Buy

What this score covers. It is a fixed screen of five reported ratios with no valuation input, so a company can score highly while its valuation risk remains elevated. The full report scores valuation separately, as one of nine scored sections. How the score is calculated

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Key Financial Metrics

Market Cap
$65.54M
P/E Ratio (TTM)
7.5x
Revenue Growth
14.7%
Gross Margin
0.0%
Net Margin
45.2%
Return on Equity
18.8%

Rule-Based Financial Screen Summary

Home Loan Financial Corporation (HLFN) is a Financial Services company in the Banks - Regional industry. It has a 76/100 Buy score on our five-factor fundamentals screen. Key strengths include Revenue Growth (14.7%), Net Margin (45.2%), Return on Equity (18.8%). The score is a five-factor screen — revenue growth, gross margin, net margin, return on equity and debt-to-equity — each scored against fixed thresholds from a neutral starting point of 50 points. The full report scores nine sections, including moat, free cash flow, dilution and valuation, which this screen does not.

Revenue Growth: Good Gross Margin: Average Net Margin: Excellent Return on Equity: Good

This page score and the strengths and concerns above are produced by deterministic, rule-based calculations from the available third-party financial inputs documented below. AI does not choose the score, strengths, or concerns. Data and automated summaries can contain errors. This is not personalized investment advice. See our methodology and disclaimer.

How this page score was calculated

The calculation starts at 50 points and applies the five fixed adjustments shown below. Missing or invalid inputs contribute no adjustment. A finite provider-reported zero is treated as a measured value and evaluated against that input's displayed threshold. The pre-clamp result is 76; the published result is clamped to a minimum of 10 and maximum of 98, producing 76/100.

HLFN score inputs and fixed adjustments
Input Displayed value Threshold applied Adjustment Data status
Revenue Growth 14.7% > 10% to 20% +8 Available
Gross Margin 0.0% 35% or lower +2 Available
Net Margin 45.2% > 20% +10 Available
Return on Equity 18.8% > 12% to 20% +6 Available
Debt/Equity Not available No threshold applied +0 Missing — contributes zero

Score bands

80 or higher: Strong Buy; 65–79: Buy; 50–64: Hold; below 50: Caution.

These are fixed names for score ranges. The score is not a success probability, recommendation, or forecast, and 80/100 does not mean an 80% chance of a gain.

Not included in this score

  • Peer results or relative peer ranking
  • Demand zones or liquidity
  • Technical momentum
  • News or market sentiment
  • DCF valuation or the downloadable report score

Sources, freshness, and limitations

This page was generated . The provider identifies the latest underlying financial period as June 30, 2026. The displayed market quote is dated October 15, 2026. Generation time is not the same as the date of the underlying filing or market observation.

Financial inputs may be delayed, restated, differently standardized by the data provider, or unavailable. Missing, invalid, or non-finite values receive no positive or negative adjustment rather than being estimated. A finite provider-reported zero is retained and evaluated against that metric's displayed threshold; it is not treated as missing. This can make a sparse-data score less informative. The screen does not capture every business, market, valuation, or portfolio risk, and investors can lose money.

What the full HLFN report adds

The 76/100 on this page comes from a fixed screen of 5 ratios. The downloadable report is a separate analysis with its own score, built from 9 weighted sections.

This page: fixed screen

  • Revenue Growth
  • Gross Margin
  • Net Margin
  • Return on Equity
  • Debt/Equity

Each factor is scored against fixed thresholds from a starting point of 50 points. No factor prices the stock, so valuation is not part of the 76/100.

Full report: 9 scored sections

  1. Business Moat weight 15 of 100
  2. Revenue Growth Consistency weight 14 of 100
  3. Margin Quality weight 12 of 100
  4. Free Cash Flow Strength weight 12 of 100
  5. Balance Sheet Safety weight 12 of 100
  6. Returns on Capital weight 12 of 100
  7. Dilution vs Self-Funded Growth weight 8 of 100
  8. Valuation vs Growth weight 10 of 100
  9. Structural vs Cyclical Growth weight 5 of 100

When the inputs allow, the report also shows a fair-value estimate with its discounted cash flow (DCF) assumptions and a 3×3 sensitivity table, a confidence figure, and the data limitations that reduced that confidence. Its headline label can add a valuation-risk flag next to the fundamental-quality rating.

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Supplementary Metrics for HLFN

3 data points drawn from analyst targets, consensus estimates, and ownership data. These are supplementary observations, not event predictions or causal explanations:

The current provider record reports earnings growth of 26.1%.
The provider-reported third-party analyst consensus category is None; it is not a StrongBuyAnalytics recommendation.
The current provider record reports a dividend yield of 2.37%.

Risk Indicators for HLFN

1 measurable indicator visible in Home Loan Financial Corporation's reported numbers. These are market and valuation risk metrics — not a comprehensive list of business risks, which would require qualitative analysis beyond this data:

The provider-reported beta is 0.14. A beta below 1 reflects smaller historical price moves relative to the provider's benchmark; it does not cap future gains or losses.

HLFN Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

Home Loan Financial Corporation's liquidity and cash generation as of the most recent filing — note the cash position of $10.56M against $16.50M of debt:

Total Cash
$10.56M
Total Debt
$16.50M
Operating Margin
66.2%

These are provider-normalized figures and may differ from the issuer's as-filed presentation, units, or latest amendment. Use source filings for verification.

HLFN Valuation Snapshot

Trailing P/E
7.5x
Value territory
Price / Book
1.3x
Below asset value
PEG Ratio
7.70
Expensive vs growth
Dividend Yield
2.37%
5Y avg: 3.28%
52-Week Price Range — HLFN is trading at 42% of its range
$33.12 (52W Low) $64.99 (52W High)

Who Holds HLFN? — Institutional 13F Filings

Institutional investment managers with >$100 M in qualifying assets must disclose their equity positions quarterly on SEC Form 13F — typically within 45 days of quarter-end. Search those filings below to see which hedge funds, mutual funds, and asset managers reported HLFN as a holding, how many shares they held, and how positions changed quarter over quarter.

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How to Interpret the HLFN Fundamentals Score

HLFN rates 76/100 on our five-factor fundamentals screen, which puts it in the "Buy" band. The band name describes a fixed range in this model; it is not a recommendation or prediction. The calculation above shows how each reported input affected the result.

76/100 · Buy band

Home Loan Financial Corporation clears our thresholds on most of what we measure. The strongest readings are revenue growth (14.7%) and net margin (45.2%). Nothing in the data we score currently works against it.

HLFN Earnings & Revenue Outlook

Home Loan Financial Corporation reported revenue growth of 14.7% year over year, against a Banks - Regional peer set where scale and pricing power vary widely. That is solid but not exceptional, so it lifts the score without dominating it.

Earnings grew 26.1% over the same period, outpacing revenue — a sign of operating leverage.

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HLFN Fundamental Factors to Monitor

This is a review of reported fundamentals, not a price target or an estimate of future returns. These are the current figures that may be useful to monitor as new filings become available.

Current reading: Revenue growth of 14.7% is above the model's 10% threshold. Net margins of 45.2% show how much reported revenue currently converts to profit. Future filings may change either figure and the resulting score.

Positive Fundamental Inputs for HLFN

These are the Home Loan Financial Corporation figures that push the score up, taken straight from the most recent reported financials:

  • Revenue Growth (14.7%)
  • Net Margin (45.2%)
  • Return on Equity (18.8%)

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Return on Equity (ROE)

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DCF Assumptions and Limitations

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Latest SEC filings for HLFN explained in plain English — insider buys/sells (Form 4), proposed sales (Form 144), material events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports.

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Frequently Asked Questions about HLFN

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