KFFB vs. HFBL, MSVB, CPBI, FSEA, BYFC, CFSB, NSTS, CLST, CARV, and IROQ
Should you be buying Kentucky First Federal Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp include Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Mid-Southern Bancorp (MSVB), Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Grand Island (CPBI), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), Broadway Financial (BYFC), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), Carver Bancorp (CARV), and IF Bancorp (IROQ). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) and Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (NASDAQ:KFFB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has higher revenue and earnings than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's net margin of -2.39%. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's return on equity of 8.23% beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana received 19 more outperform votes than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Kentucky First Federal Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana had 1 more articles in the media than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana and 2 mentions for Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's score of -0.47 indicating that Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kentucky First Federal Bancorp has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.8% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana beats Kentucky First Federal Bancorp on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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