FMAO vs. BCBP, PFS, BRKL, CFFN, HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, SBT, and WSBF
Should you be buying Farmers & Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp include BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), and Waterstone Financial (WSBF). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. BCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 2 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. BCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's score of 1.42 indicating that Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.41% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of 13.34%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 9.71% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp received 52 more outperform votes than BCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.49% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.
BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. BCB Bancorp pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 55.3% 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. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. BCB Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BCB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.04%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a consensus target price of $23.17, suggesting a potential upside of 15.49%. Given Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp.
36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats Farmers & Merchants Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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