IROQ vs. CLST, TCBC, NSTS, FFBW, CFSB, BYFC, LSBK, FSEA, TBNK, and CPBI
Should you be buying IF Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IF Bancorp include Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), TC Bancshares (TCBC), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), FFBW (FFBW), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), Broadway Financial (BYFC), Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), and Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Grand Island (CPBI). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
IF Bancorp (NASDAQ:IROQ) and Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
IF Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Catalyst Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IF Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IF Bancorp received 106 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave IF Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than IF Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp and 3 mentions for IF Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat IF Bancorp's score of 1.00 indicating that Catalyst Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Catalyst Bancorp has a net margin of 5.35% compared to IF Bancorp's net margin of 4.52%. IF Bancorp's return on equity of 2.77% beat Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity.
44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IF Bancorp beats Catalyst Bancorp on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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