NECB vs. FSBW, BLFY, TSBK, TCBX, HBCP, ESSA, PVBC, WMPN, ECBK, and AFBI
Should you be buying Northeast Community Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northeast Community Bancorp include FS Bancorp (FSBW), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Home Bancorp (HBCP), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), and Affinity Bancshares (AFBI). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) and FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
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.
Northeast Community Bancorp has higher revenue and 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.
Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of FS Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. FS Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS Bancorp pays out 22.7% 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.
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 1.91 beat Northeast Community Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that FS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FS Bancorp beats Northeast Community Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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