BCBP vs. WNEB, PDLB, BVFL, CVLY, WSBF, FNWD, FSFG, FCAP, SBT, and OFED
Should you be buying BCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCB Bancorp include Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), BV Financial (BVFL), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), First Capital (FCAP), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), and Oconee Federal Financial (OFED).
Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) and BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.41% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of 11.10%. Western New England Bancorp's return on equity of 9.78% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.
Western New England Bancorp received 156 more outperform votes than BCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.49% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Western New England Bancorp. BCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western New England Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Western New England Bancorp pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCB Bancorp pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Western New England Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BCB Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than BCB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 14 mentions for BCB Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.14 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western New England Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. BCB Bancorp has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 34.78%. Given Western New England Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Western New England Bancorp.
68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats Western New England Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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