WSBF vs. PROV, KRNY, TBNK, NFBK, CFFN, PFC, DCOM, BRKL, CVLY, and NRIM
Should you be buying Waterstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterstone Financial include Provident Financial (PROV), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Premier Financial (PFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), and Northrim BanCorp (NRIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) and Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ:WSBF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
71.3% of Provident Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waterstone Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial received 91 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.59% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote while only 46.32% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Provident Financial had 17 more articles in the media than Waterstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Provident Financial and 1 mentions for Waterstone Financial. Waterstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Provident Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Provident Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial has a net margin of 14.43% compared to Provident Financial's net margin of 5.20%. Waterstone Financial's return on equity of 6.20% beat Provident Financial's return on equity.
Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Provident Financial pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waterstone Financial pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Provident Financial beats Waterstone Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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