WSBF vs. NRIM, FMAO, FCAP, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, DCOM, CFFN, TREE, and TRST
Should you be buying Waterstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterstone Financial include Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), First Capital (FCAP), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) and Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ:WSBF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northrim BanCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Waterstone Financial. Northrim BanCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northrim BanCorp has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Northrim BanCorp's net margin of 5.45%. Waterstone Financial's return on equity of 12.50% beat Northrim BanCorp's return on equity.
Northrim BanCorp received 61 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.17% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Northrim BanCorp and Northrim BanCorp both had 1 articles in the media. Northrim BanCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Waterstone Financial's score of 1.44 indicating that Waterstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Northrim BanCorp pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waterstone Financial pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northrim BanCorp has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Summary
Northrim BanCorp beats Waterstone Financial on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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