EBC vs. BKU, CLBK, AX, PFS, TFSL, BRKL, CFFN, CWK, FIHL, and PTY
Should you be buying Eastern Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Bankshares include BankUnited (BKU), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Axos Financial (AX), Provident Financial Services (PFS), TFS Financial (TFSL), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
99.7% of BankUnited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than BankUnited. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 2 mentions for BankUnited. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat BankUnited's score of -0.05 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BankUnited pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastern Bankshares pays out 15.4% 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. BankUnited has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Eastern Bankshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BankUnited is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 49.59% compared to Eastern Bankshares' net margin of 8.71%. Eastern Bankshares' return on equity of 8.06% beat BankUnited's return on equity.
Eastern Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BankUnited. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankUnited, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BankUnited has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BankUnited received 373 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.51% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote while only 48.89% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.
BankUnited presently has a consensus target price of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.46%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.35%. Given BankUnited's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than BankUnited.
Summary
BankUnited beats Eastern Bankshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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