MGYR vs. OFED, RVSB, TBNK, LSBK, FFBW, HMNF, PROV, FCAP, TCBC, and IROQ
Should you be buying Magyar Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magyar Bancorp include Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), FFBW (FFBW), HMN Financial (HMNF), Provident Financial (PROV), First Capital (FCAP), TC Bancshares (TCBC), and IF Bancorp (IROQ). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Magyar Bancorp (NASDAQ:MGYR) and Oconee Federal Financial (NASDAQ:OFED) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Oconee Federal Financial received 51 more outperform votes than Magyar Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.48% of users gave Oconee Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Magyar Bancorp an outperform vote.
Magyar Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Oconee Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Magyar Bancorp pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oconee Federal Financial pays out 52.6% 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.
Magyar Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Oconee Federal Financial. Magyar Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oconee Federal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magyar Bancorp has a net margin of 16.44% compared to Oconee Federal Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Magyar Bancorp's return on equity of 7.31% beat Oconee Federal Financial's return on equity.
Magyar Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oconee Federal Financial has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
46.3% of Magyar Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Magyar Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Oconee Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Oconee Federal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Magyar Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oconee Federal Financial and 2 mentions for Magyar Bancorp. Magyar Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Oconee Federal Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that Magyar Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Magyar Bancorp beats Oconee Federal Financial on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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