CLST vs. NSTS, IROQ, BOTJ, TCBC, FSEA, ASRV, CFSB, BYFC, FFBW, and CPBI
Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), IF Bancorp (IROQ), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), TC Bancshares (TCBC), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), AmeriServ Financial (ASRV), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), Broadway Financial (BYFC), FFBW (FFBW), and Central Plains Bancshares (CPBI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) and NSTS Bancorp (NASDAQ:NSTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of NSTS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of NSTS Bancorp shares are held 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.
Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NSTS Bancorp has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Catalyst Bancorp has a net margin of 5.35% compared to NSTS Bancorp's net margin of -59.99%. Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity of -4.99% beat NSTS Bancorp's return on equity.
Catalyst Bancorp and NSTS Bancorp both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Catalyst Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than NSTS Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NSTS Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than NSTS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp and 2 mentions for NSTS Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat NSTS Bancorp's score of -0.65 indicating that Catalyst Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Catalyst Bancorp beats NSTS Bancorp on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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