PFS vs. BRKL, CFFN, NFBK, KRNY, TFSL, CLBK, HTBI, FMAO, BKU, and EBC
Should you be buying Provident Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial Services include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), TFS Financial (TFSL), Columbia Financial (CLBK), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), BankUnited (BKU), and Eastern Bankshares (EBC). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Provident Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial Services has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Provident Financial Services' net margin of 13.13%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 7.31% beat Provident Financial Services' return on equity.
Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Provident Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Brookline Bancorp pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Provident Financial Services pays out 60.0% 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. Brookline Bancorp has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Brookline Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Brookline Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Provident Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brookline Bancorp and 4 mentions for Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.16 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial Services received 69 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.08% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote.
78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookline Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $11.08, suggesting a potential upside of 23.84%. Provident Financial Services has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Provident Financial Services' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Provident Financial Services.
Summary
Provident Financial Services beats Brookline Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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