WMPN vs. ECBK, AFBI, FNWB, BSBK, SRBK, RBKB, CULL, PVBC, ESSA, and TCBS
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Bogota Financial (BSBK), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), and Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) and ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 20 more articles in the media than William Penn Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 4 mentions for William Penn Bancorporation. William Penn Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ECB Bancorp's score of 0.24 indicating that William Penn Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ECB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. ECB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than William Penn Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ECB Bancorp has a net margin of 7.01% compared to William Penn Bancorporation's net margin of 2.44%. ECB Bancorp's return on equity of 2.53% beat William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity.
William Penn Bancorporation currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.28%. Given William Penn Bancorporation's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe William Penn Bancorporation is more favorable than ECB Bancorp.
William Penn Bancorporation received 3 more outperform votes than ECB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
William Penn Bancorporation and ECB Bancorp tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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