MGYR vs. TBNK, OFED, LSBK, FFBW, RVSB, PROV, HMNF, TCBC, IROQ, and CLST
Should you be buying Magyar Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magyar Bancorp include Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), FFBW (FFBW), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Provident Financial (PROV), HMN Financial (HMNF), TC Bancshares (TCBC), IF Bancorp (IROQ), and Catalyst Bancorp (CLST). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Magyar Bancorp (NASDAQ:MGYR) and Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Magyar Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Territorial Bancorp. Magyar Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Territorial Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
46.3% of Magyar Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Territorial Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Magyar Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Territorial Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Territorial Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than Magyar Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Territorial Bancorp and 1 mentions for Magyar Bancorp. Magyar Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Territorial Bancorp's score of -0.14 indicating that Magyar Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Magyar Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Magyar Bancorp has a net margin of 16.44% compared to Territorial Bancorp's net margin of 3.06%. Magyar Bancorp's return on equity of 7.26% beat Territorial Bancorp's return on equity.
Territorial Bancorp received 147 more outperform votes than Magyar Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.82% of users gave Magyar Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.24% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote.
Territorial Bancorp has a consensus price target of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Territorial Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Territorial Bancorp is more favorable than Magyar Bancorp.
Magyar Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Territorial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Magyar Bancorp pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Territorial Bancorp pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Magyar Bancorp beats Territorial Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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