FCAP vs. TBNK, NFBK, KRNY, FMAO, NRIM, SBT, WSBF, PDLB, CVLY, and BCBP
Should you be buying First Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Capital include Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), and BCB Bancorp (BCBP). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) and First Capital (NASDAQ:FCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
First Capital has a net margin of 22.59% compared to First Capital's net margin of 3.06%. Territorial Bancorp's return on equity of 12.15% beat First Capital's return on equity.
50.4% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of First Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of First Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Territorial Bancorp received 63 more outperform votes than First Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.11% of users gave First Capital an outperform vote.
First Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Territorial Bancorp. First Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Territorial Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Territorial Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Capital and 4 mentions for Territorial Bancorp. First Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Territorial Bancorp's score of 0.54 indicating that Territorial Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Territorial Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $9.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Given First Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Territorial Bancorp is more favorable than First Capital.
Territorial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. First Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Territorial Bancorp pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Capital pays out 30.3% 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. First Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Capital has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Territorial Bancorp beats First Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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