CLST vs. IROQ, NSTS, TCBC, BOTJ, CFSB, BYFC, FSEA, FFBW, CPBI, and ASRV
Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include IF Bancorp (IROQ), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), Broadway Financial (BYFC), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), FFBW (FFBW), Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Grand Island (CPBI), and AmeriServ Financial (ASRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
IF Bancorp (NASDAQ:IROQ) and Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IF Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Catalyst Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IF Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than IF Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp and 3 mentions for IF Bancorp. IF Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Catalyst Bancorp's score of 1.00 indicating that Catalyst Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Catalyst Bancorp has a net margin of 5.35% compared to Catalyst Bancorp's net margin of 4.52%. Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity of 2.77% beat IF Bancorp's return on equity.
IF Bancorp received 106 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave IF Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
IF Bancorp beats Catalyst Bancorp on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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