RVSB vs. PROV, HMNF, FCAP, OFED, SFBC, MGYR, TBNK, FNWD, FFBW, and FSFG
Should you be buying Riverview Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riverview Bancorp include Provident Financial (PROV), HMN Financial (HMNF), First Capital (FCAP), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), FFBW (FFBW), and First Savings Financial Group (FSFG). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) and Riverview Bancorp (NASDAQ:RVSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riverview Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Riverview Bancorp received 43 more outperform votes than Provident Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave Riverview Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.96% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Provident Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Riverview Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Provident Financial and 2 mentions for Riverview Bancorp. Provident Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Riverview Bancorp's score of 0.48 indicating that Riverview Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Riverview Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Provident Financial pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Riverview Bancorp pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Riverview Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Riverview Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Provident Financial presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.32%. Given Riverview Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than Riverview Bancorp.
71.3% of Provident Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Riverview Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Riverview Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Provident Financial has a net margin of 12.57% compared to Provident Financial's net margin of 5.69%. Riverview Bancorp's return on equity of 5.56% beat Provident Financial's return on equity.
Provident Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Riverview Bancorp. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riverview Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Provident Financial beats Riverview Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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