BFIN vs. PROV, TBNK, WSBF, KRNY, NFBK, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FGBI, and WNEB
Should you be buying BankFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BankFinancial include Provident Financial (PROV), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), and Western New England Bancorp (WNEB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) and Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
BankFinancial has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BankFinancial had 4 more articles in the media than Provident Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BankFinancial and 4 mentions for Provident Financial. Provident Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat BankFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that Provident Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BankFinancial has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial has a net margin of 12.57% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 11.62%. Provident Financial's return on equity of 5.56% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.
BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BankFinancial pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Provident Financial pays out 53.8% 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. Provident Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
74.9% of BankFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Provident Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Provident Financial has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.00%. Given Provident Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than BankFinancial.
Provident Financial received 12 more outperform votes than BankFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.25% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote while only 45.96% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
BankFinancial and Provident Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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