TBNK vs. PROV, WSBF, MGYR, OFED, FFBW, HMNF, TCBC, RVSB, IROQ, and CLST
Should you be buying Territorial Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Territorial Bancorp include Provident Financial (PROV), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), FFBW (FFBW), HMN Financial (HMNF), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), IF Bancorp (IROQ), and Catalyst Bancorp (CLST). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) and Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Financial has a net margin of 12.57% compared to Provident Financial's net margin of 3.06%. Territorial Bancorp's return on equity of 5.56% beat Provident Financial's return on equity.
Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Territorial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Provident Financial pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Territorial Bancorp pays out 16.0% 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.
Provident Financial currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.64%. Territorial Bancorp has a consensus target price of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Territorial Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than Territorial Bancorp.
71.3% of Provident Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Territorial Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Provident Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Territorial Bancorp and 5 mentions for Provident Financial. Territorial Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Provident Financial's score of -0.14 indicating that Provident Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Territorial Bancorp. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Territorial Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial received 27 more outperform votes than Territorial Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.24% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.87% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Provident Financial beats Territorial Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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