PVBC vs. ESSA, TSBK, WMPN, ECBK, BLFY, AFBI, FNWB, NECB, BSBK, and SRBK
Should you be buying Provident Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Bancorp include ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Bogota Financial (BSBK), and SR Bancorp (SRBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Provident Bancorp (NASDAQ:PVBC) and ESSA Bancorp (NASDAQ:ESSA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Provident Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. ESSA Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Provident Bancorp pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESSA Bancorp pays out 32.4% 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.
Provident Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESSA Bancorp has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ESSA Bancorp has a net margin of 16.84% compared to Provident Bancorp's net margin of 14.09%. ESSA Bancorp's return on equity of 8.12% beat Provident Bancorp's return on equity.
ESSA Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Bancorp. ESSA Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Provident Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than ESSA Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Provident Bancorp and 0 mentions for ESSA Bancorp. Provident Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat ESSA Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Provident Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESSA Bancorp received 47 more outperform votes than Provident Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.57% of users gave ESSA Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.80% of users gave Provident Bancorp an outperform vote.
Provident Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.02%. Given Provident Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Provident Bancorp is more favorable than ESSA Bancorp.
74.6% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ESSA Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of ESSA Bancorp shares are owned 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.
Summary
ESSA Bancorp beats Provident Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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