BCOW vs. PVBC, ESSA, AFBI, WMPN, ECBK, FNWB, BSBK, RBKB, SRBK, and CULL
Should you be buying 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin include Provident Bancorp (PVBC), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Bogota Financial (BSBK), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), SR Bancorp (SRBK), and Cullman Bancorp (CULL). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Provident Bancorp (NASDAQ:PVBC) and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (NASDAQ:BCOW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Provident Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin.
Provident Bancorp has a net margin of 14.09% compared to Provident Bancorp's net margin of -32.17%. 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin's return on equity of 6.27% beat Provident Bancorp's return on equity.
74.6% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin shares are owned 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.
Provident Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.22%. Given 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Provident Bancorp is more favorable than 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin.
Provident Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Bancorp received 87 more outperform votes than 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.80% of users gave Provident Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Provident Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Provident Bancorp and 2 mentions for 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin. 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Provident Bancorp's score of 0.50 indicating that Provident Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Provident Bancorp beats 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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