NRIM vs. HTBI, FMAO, SBT, WSBF, KRNY, CVLY, PDLB, NFBK, BCBP, and WNEB
Should you be buying Northrim BanCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrim BanCorp include HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), and Western New England Bancorp (WNEB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) and HomeTrust Bancshares (NASDAQ:HTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a net margin of 20.87% compared to Northrim BanCorp's net margin of 17.19%. Northrim BanCorp's return on equity of 12.50% beat HomeTrust Bancshares' return on equity.
Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Northrim BanCorp pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 12.8% 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.
HomeTrust Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northrim BanCorp. HomeTrust Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northrim BanCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Northrim BanCorp and Northrim BanCorp both had 3 articles in the media. Northrim BanCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat HomeTrust Bancshares' score of 0.59 indicating that Northrim BanCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HomeTrust Bancshares received 1 more outperform votes than Northrim BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 55.28% of users gave HomeTrust Bancshares an outperform vote.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.63%. Given HomeTrust Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HomeTrust Bancshares is more favorable than Northrim BanCorp.
Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HomeTrust Bancshares beats Northrim BanCorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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