NYCB vs. BHLB, HFWA, CATY, LXP, OUT, LU, ABR, FULT, AUB, and NMIH
Should you be buying New York Community Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New York Community Bancorp include Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Lufax (LU), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Fulton Financial (FULT), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), and NMI (NMIH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, New York Community Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for New York Community Bancorp and 5 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Berkshire Hills Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat New York Community Bancorp's score of 0.11 indicating that Berkshire Hills Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
New York Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
New York Community Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $5.43, indicating a potential upside of 88.49%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Given New York Community Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe New York Community Bancorp is more favorable than Berkshire Hills Bancorp.
New York Community Bancorp received 89 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hills Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.37% of users gave New York Community Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Berkshire Hills Bancorp an outperform vote.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New York Community Bancorp. New York Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hills Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
New York Community Bancorp has a net margin of 28.96% compared to Berkshire Hills Bancorp's net margin of 3.40%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity of 8.77% beat New York Community Bancorp's return on equity.
New York Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. New York Community Bancorp pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 144.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New York Community Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
67.9% of New York Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of New York Community Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
New York Community Bancorp beats Berkshire Hills Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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