WMPN vs. AFBI, ECBK, FNWB, BSBK, SRBK, RBKB, PVBC, CULL, ESSA, and TCBS
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Bogota Financial (BSBK), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), and Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) and Affinity Bancshares (NASDAQ:AFBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
William Penn Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Given William Penn Bancorporation's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe William Penn Bancorporation is more favorable than Affinity Bancshares.
Affinity Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. Affinity Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than William Penn Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Affinity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Affinity Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Affinity Bancshares has a net margin of 12.98% compared to William Penn Bancorporation's net margin of 2.44%. Affinity Bancshares' return on equity of 5.08% beat William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity.
In the previous week, William Penn Bancorporation had 1 more articles in the media than Affinity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for William Penn Bancorporation and 2 mentions for Affinity Bancshares. Affinity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat William Penn Bancorporation's score of 0.44 indicating that Affinity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affinity Bancshares has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
William Penn Bancorporation received 3 more outperform votes than Affinity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave William Penn Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Affinity Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Affinity Bancshares beats William Penn Bancorporation on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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