PFS vs. BRKL, CFFN, NFBK, KRNY, CLBK, HTBI, BKU, EBC, AX, and AIV
Should you be buying Provident Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial Services include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Columbia Financial (CLBK), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), BankUnited (BKU), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Axos Financial (AX), and Apartment Investment and Management (AIV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Provident Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.91%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.08, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. Given Brookline Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Provident Financial Services.
Provident Financial Services received 69 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.08% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote.
Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Financial Services has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 13.13%. Provident Financial Services' return on equity of 7.31% beat Brookline Bancorp's return on equity.
Provident Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Provident Financial Services had 3 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Provident Financial Services and 17 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.22 indicating that Provident Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Provident Financial Services pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 58.1% 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. Brookline Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brookline 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
Provident Financial Services beats Brookline Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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