TSBK vs. BLFY, ESSA, NECB, PVBC, FSBW, TCBX, WMPN, ECBK, AFBI, and FNWB
Should you be buying Timberland Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timberland Bancorp include Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), and First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK) and Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Timberland Bancorp has a net margin of 25.38% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -10.89%. Timberland Bancorp's return on equity of 10.64% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.
Timberland Bancorp received 270 more outperform votes than Blue Foundry Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave Timberland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Blue Foundry Bancorp an outperform vote.
65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Blue Foundry Bancorp has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Given Blue Foundry Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Foundry Bancorp is more favorable than Timberland Bancorp.
Timberland Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Foundry Bancorp. Blue Foundry Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Timberland Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Timberland Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Blue Foundry Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Timberland Bancorp and 0 mentions for Blue Foundry Bancorp. Timberland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Blue Foundry Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Timberland Bancorp beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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