FSBW vs. TCBX, NECB, BLFY, HBCP, TSBK, ESSA, PVBC, HIFS, WMPN, and AFBI
Should you be buying FS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Bancorp include Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), and Affinity Bancshares (AFBI). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) and Third Coast Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
FS Bancorp has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Third Coast Bancshares' net margin of 11.64%. FS Bancorp's return on equity of 14.49% beat Third Coast Bancshares' return on equity.
Third Coast Bancshares has a consensus target price of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.83%. Given Third Coast Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Third Coast Bancshares is more favorable than FS Bancorp.
In the previous week, Third Coast Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than FS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Third Coast Bancshares and 5 mentions for FS Bancorp. Third Coast Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat FS Bancorp's score of 0.48 indicating that Third Coast Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FS Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Third Coast Bancshares. FS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Third Coast Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FS Bancorp received 214 more outperform votes than Third Coast Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave FS Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Third Coast Bancshares an outperform vote.
FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Third Coast Bancshares has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of Third Coast Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of FS Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Third Coast Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FS Bancorp beats Third Coast Bancshares on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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