SFBC vs. FNWD, FSFG, FCAP, CZWI, PROV, HMNF, BVFL, RVSB, MGYR, and OFED
Should you be buying Sound Financial Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sound Financial Bancorp include Finward Bancorp (FNWD), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), First Capital (FCAP), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), Provident Financial (PROV), HMN Financial (HMNF), BV Financial (BVFL), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), and Oconee Federal Financial (OFED). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) and Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Sound Financial Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sound Financial Bancorp and 2 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Sound Financial Bancorp's score of 0.13 indicating that Sound Financial Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 14.11% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 10.54%. Sound Financial Bancorp's return on equity of 11.47% beat Finward Bancorp's return on equity.
26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Sound Financial Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Sound Financial Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Sound Financial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Finward Bancorp pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sound Financial Bancorp pays out 32.6% 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. Sound Financial Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Finward Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Finward Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sound Financial Bancorp. Finward Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sound Financial Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Financial Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sound Financial Bancorp received 66 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Finward Bancorp beats Sound Financial Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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