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$10.45 +0.11 (+1.06%)
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BCBP vs. ESQ, MCB, SMBC, EQBK, ORRF, FSBC, BITF, VEL, SMBK, and QD

Should you be buying BCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCB Bancorp include Esquire Financial (ESQ), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Bitfarms (BITF), Velocity Financial (VEL), SmartFinancial (SMBK), and Qudian (QD). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

BCB Bancorp vs.

BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Esquire Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 2 mentions for Esquire Financial. BCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Esquire Financial's score of 0.47 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BCB Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Esquire Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. BCB Bancorp pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Esquire Financial pays out 11.6% 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.

Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.58% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of 9.46%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 19.93% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BCB Bancorp9.46% 6.33% 0.50%
Esquire Financial 31.58%19.93%2.54%

Esquire Financial received 55 more outperform votes than BCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.26% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.48% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BCB BancorpOutperform Votes
141
58.26%
Underperform Votes
101
41.74%
Esquire FinancialOutperform Votes
196
57.48%
Underperform Votes
145
42.52%

Esquire Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BCB Bancorp. BCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BCB Bancorp$196.95M0.90$18.62M$0.9810.66
Esquire Financial$138.27M5.15$43.66M$5.1616.60

36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BCB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 27.99%. Esquire Financial has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. Given BCB Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Esquire Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BCB Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Esquire Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Esquire Financial beats BCB Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCBP vs. The Competition

MetricBCB BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$178.17M$3.15B$12.08B$9.20B
Dividend Yield5.79%3.19%5.90%3.99%
P/E Ratio10.6616.7723.2619.50
Price / Sales0.902.1627.2371.29
Price / Cash5.8719.7318.3338.90
Price / Book0.610.942.755.07
Net Income$18.62M$352.75M$1.03B$222.54M
7 Day Performance-0.76%-0.63%0.64%2.28%
1 Month Performance-9.99%0.55%2.61%1.62%
1 Year Performance-9.05%12.08%16.70%16.59%

BCB Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCBP
BCB Bancorp
4.4255 of 5 stars
$10.45
+1.1%
$13.38
+28.0%
-9.1%$178.17M$196.95M10.66290Short Interest ↑
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.967 of 5 stars
$84.49
-1.0%
$88.00
+4.2%
+72.1%$702.96M$138.27M16.37110
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
4.226 of 5 stars
$62.75
-1.4%
$78.13
+24.5%
+37.8%$702.79M$492.21M10.60240Positive News
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
4.5179 of 5 stars
$60.30
+0.8%
$70.00
+16.1%
+37.0%$680.18M$273.22M13.17540Short Interest ↓
Positive News
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
3.3319 of 5 stars
$43.85
-0.8%
$48.00
+9.5%
+32.8%$670.47M$220.13M11.02700Positive News
ORRF
Orrstown Financial Services
4.6616 of 5 stars
$34.10
-1.2%
$39.75
+16.6%
+23.3%$661.20M$286.37M18.53430
FSBC
Five Star Bancorp
3.7355 of 5 stars
$30.66
+0.0%
$36.38
+18.6%
+30.4%$653.64M$124.96M13.45180
BITF
Bitfarms
1.9523 of 5 stars
$1.39
-2.1%
$4.05
+191.4%
-61.1%$629.57M$146.37M-3.86110
VEL
Velocity Financial
2.2157 of 5 stars
$18.49
-0.7%
$21.50
+16.3%
+16.3%$612.52M$107.75M10.00220
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.072 of 5 stars
$35.57
-1.8%
$30.70
-13.7%
+58.6%$601.97M$171.50M16.62550
QD
Qudian
0.5253 of 5 stars
$2.99
+0.8%
N/A+26.5%$598.79M$17.79M74.63940News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BCBP) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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