BFIN vs. PROV, TBNK, WSBF, KRNY, NFBK, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, WNEB, and FNWD
Should you be buying BankFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BankFinancial include Provident Financial (PROV), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), and Finward Bancorp (FNWD). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) and BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
BankFinancial has a net margin of 13.31% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 12.57%. Provident Financial's return on equity of 6.12% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Provident Financial had 10 more articles in the media than BankFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Provident Financial and 3 mentions for BankFinancial. Provident Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BankFinancial's score of -0.25 indicating that BankFinancial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Provident Financial currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Given BankFinancial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than BankFinancial.
BankFinancial has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Provident Financial pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BankFinancial pays out 53.3% 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 received 12 more outperform votes than BankFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.25% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote while only 46.05% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
71.3% of Provident Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of BankFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BankFinancial has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BankFinancial beats Provident Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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