MAYS vs. BSBK, SRBK, NICK, PROV, RVSB, SSSS, NXC, HGBL, HMNF, and JEQ
Should you be buying J.W. Mays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.W. Mays include Bogota Financial (BSBK), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Nicholas Financial (NICK), Provident Financial (PROV), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), Heritage Global (HGBL), HMN Financial (HMNF), and Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
J.W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) and Bogota Financial (NASDAQ:BSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
J.W. Mays has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bogota Financial has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J.W. Mays received 67 more outperform votes than Bogota Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.64% of users gave J.W. Mays an outperform vote while only 26.92% of users gave Bogota Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bogota Financial had 3 more articles in the media than J.W. Mays. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bogota Financial and 1 mentions for J.W. Mays. J.W. Mays' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Bogota Financial's score of 1.66 indicating that J.W. Mays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bogota Financial has a net margin of -2.00% compared to J.W. Mays' net margin of -2.20%. Bogota Financial's return on equity of -0.57% beat J.W. Mays' return on equity.
3.2% of J.W. Mays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Bogota Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of J.W. Mays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Bogota Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bogota Financial has higher revenue and earnings than J.W. Mays. J.W. Mays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bogota Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bogota Financial beats J.W. Mays on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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