GCBC vs. PCSB, TSBK, BHLB, NBBK, HFWA, SMBC, HIFS, HBCP, TCBX, and FSBW
Should you be buying Greene County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greene County Bancorp include PCSB Financial (PCSB), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), and FS Bancorp (FSBW). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
PCSB Financial (NASDAQ:PCSB) and Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
PCSB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Greene County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. PCSB Financial pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene County Bancorp pays out 22.2% 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. Greene County Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Greene County Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than PCSB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Greene County Bancorp and 0 mentions for PCSB Financial. PCSB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Greene County Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Greene County Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PCSB Financial received 7 more outperform votes than Greene County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave PCSB Financial an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Greene County Bancorp an outperform vote.
PCSB Financial has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greene County Bancorp has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
49.4% of PCSB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of PCSB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Greene County Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PCSB Financial. PCSB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PCSB Financial has a net margin of 24.60% compared to PCSB Financial's net margin of 21.65%. PCSB Financial's return on equity of 12.86% beat Greene County Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Greene County Bancorp beats PCSB Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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