EBMT vs. FSFG, SFBC, CFBK, PROV, FNWB, SBFG, RVSB, CZWI, RBKB, and HMNF
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp Montana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp Montana include First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Provident Financial (PROV), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), SB Financial Group (SBFG), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), and HMN Financial (HMNF).
Eagle Bancorp Montana (NASDAQ:EBMT) and First Savings Financial Group (NASDAQ:FSFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of First Savings Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of First Savings Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Eagle Bancorp Montana has a net margin of 7.39% compared to First Savings Financial Group's net margin of 5.59%. First Savings Financial Group's return on equity of 7.97% beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity.
Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. First Savings Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Savings Financial Group pays out 55.6% 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. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eagle Bancorp Montana has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Savings Financial Group. Eagle Bancorp Montana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Savings Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Savings Financial Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Bancorp Montana presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. First Savings Financial Group has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.93%. Given First Savings Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Savings Financial Group is more favorable than Eagle Bancorp Montana.
In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp Montana had 17 more articles in the media than First Savings Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Eagle Bancorp Montana and 6 mentions for First Savings Financial Group. First Savings Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's score of 0.11 indicating that First Savings Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Savings Financial Group received 62 more outperform votes than Eagle Bancorp Montana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.58% of users gave First Savings Financial Group an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave Eagle Bancorp Montana an outperform vote.
Summary
First Savings Financial Group beats Eagle Bancorp Montana on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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