NSTS vs. BCBP, WNEB, FGBI, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FNWD, SFBC, FCAP, and HMNF
Should you be buying NSTS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NSTS Bancorp include BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), First Capital (FCAP), and HMN Financial (HMNF). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and NSTS Bancorp (NASDAQ:NSTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than NSTS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 3 mentions for NSTS Bancorp. NSTS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.96 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NSTS Bancorp has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of NSTS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of NSTS Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BCB Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given NSTS Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than NSTS Bancorp.
BCB Bancorp received 141 more outperform votes than NSTS Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than NSTS Bancorp. NSTS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.41% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of -59.99%. NSTS Bancorp's return on equity of 9.71% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats NSTS Bancorp on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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