KRNY vs. NFBK, WSBF, CFFN, PFC, DCOM, BRKL, OCFC, PFS, FMAO, and NRIM
Should you be buying Kearny Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kearny Financial include Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Premier Financial (PFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), and Northrim BanCorp (NRIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Kearny Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kearny Financial and 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Kearny Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s net margin of 4.80%. Kearny Financial's return on equity of 4.65% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.
Kearny Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kearny Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kearny Financial pays out 176.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. Given Kearny Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than Kearny Financial.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 19 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.
Summary
Kearny Financial beats Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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