FSBW vs. NECB, TCBX, BLFY, HBCP, TSBK, ESSA, PVBC, WMPN, ECBK, and HIFS
Should you be buying FS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Bancorp include Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), and Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) and Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Northeast Community Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FS Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FS Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FS Bancorp and 0 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. FS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Northeast Community Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that FS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 31.94% compared to FS Bancorp's net margin of 18.69%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 16.72% beat FS Bancorp's return on equity.
FS Bancorp received 144 more outperform votes than Northeast Community Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave FS Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Northeast Community Bancorp an outperform vote.
FS Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. FS Bancorp pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 12.4% 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.
63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of FS Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FS Bancorp beats Northeast Community Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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