NFBK vs. KRNY, WSBF, CFFN, PFC, DCOM, BRKL, OCFC, PFS, HTBI, and FMAO
Should you be buying Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) include Kearny Financial (KRNY), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Premier Financial (PFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Kearny Financial's net margin of 4.80%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity of 4.65% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 19 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.
Kearny Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kearny Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.09%. Given Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than Kearny Financial.
In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) had 2 more articles in the media than Kearny Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) and 3 mentions for Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s score of 0.32 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kearny Financial pays out 176.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) and Kearny Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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