TBNK vs. WNEB, WSBF, FFBW, TCBC, IROQ, CLST, NSTS, MGYR, CFSB, and BYFC
Should you be buying Territorial Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Territorial Bancorp include Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), FFBW (FFBW), TC Bancshares (TCBC), IF Bancorp (IROQ), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), and Broadway Financial (BYFC).
Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) and Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Territorial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Western New England Bancorp pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Territorial Bancorp pays out 35.1% 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. Western New England Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Western New England Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 17 more articles in the media than Territorial Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 3 mentions for Territorial Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Territorial Bancorp's score of 0.21 indicating that Territorial Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western New England Bancorp received 91 more outperform votes than Territorial Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote.
68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Territorial 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.
Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Western New England Bancorp's net margin of 7.03%. Territorial Bancorp's return on equity of 5.44% beat Western New England Bancorp's return on equity.
Western New England Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. Territorial Bancorp has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.08%. Given Territorial Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than Territorial Bancorp.
Western New England Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Territorial Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Territorial Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Western New England Bancorp beats Territorial Bancorp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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