FSEA vs. BYFC, CFSB, CPBI, MSVB, NSTS, HFBL, CLST, IROQ, KFFB, and TCBC
Should you be buying First Seacoast Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Seacoast Bancorp include Broadway Financial (BYFC), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Grand Island (CPBI), Mid-Southern Bancorp (MSVB), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), IF Bancorp (IROQ), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), and TC Bancshares (TCBC). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Broadway Financial (NASDAQ:BYFC) and First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
12.1% of Broadway Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Broadway Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Broadway Financial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Broadway Financial's net margin of -57.34%. First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity of 0.00% beat Broadway Financial's return on equity.
Broadway Financial received 68 more outperform votes than First Seacoast Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote while only 33.93% of users gave Broadway Financial an outperform vote.
Broadway Financial has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Broadway Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadway Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Broadway Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Seacoast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Broadway Financial and 1 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp. Broadway Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat First Seacoast Bancorp's score of 0.21 indicating that First Seacoast Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Broadway Financial beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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