HMNF vs. PROV, FCAP, RVSB, MGYR, SFBC, OFED, FNWD, FSFG, TBNK, and LSBK
Should you be buying HMN Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HMN Financial include Provident Financial (PROV), First Capital (FCAP), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), and Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
HMN Financial (NASDAQ:HMNF) and Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Provident Financial received 172 more outperform votes than HMN Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.62% of users gave HMN Financial an outperform vote while only 46.05% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
Provident Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HMN Financial. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HMN Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Provident Financial had 13 more articles in the media than HMN Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Provident Financial and 0 mentions for HMN Financial. HMN Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Provident Financial's score of -0.25 indicating that HMN Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.3% of HMN Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Provident Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of HMN Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HMN Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. HMN Financial pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Provident Financial pays out 53.8% 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.
HMN Financial has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Financial has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Given Provident Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than HMN Financial.
Provident Financial has a net margin of 12.57% compared to HMN Financial's net margin of 10.57%. Provident Financial's return on equity of 5.56% beat HMN Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Provident Financial beats HMN Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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