BankFinancial (BFIN) Competitors

BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the media refer more to BFIN or TRST?

In the previous week, TrustCo Bank Corp NY had 7 more articles in the media than BankFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY and 0 mentions for BankFinancial. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat BankFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that TrustCo Bank Corp NY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BankFinancial	Neutral
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BFIN or TRST?

74.9% of BankFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BFIN or TRST?

BankFinancial has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BFIN or TRST a better dividend stock?

BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BankFinancial pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 53.7% 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. TrustCo Bank Corp NY is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BFIN or TRST?

TrustCo Bank Corp NY has higher revenue and earnings than BankFinancial. TrustCo Bank Corp NY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BankFinancial	$70.57M	2.13	$9.39M	$0.64	18.84
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	$175.70M	3.36	$48.83M	$2.68	11.59

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BFIN or TRST?

BankFinancial received 50 more outperform votes than TrustCo Bank Corp NY when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.44% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote while only 50.23% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BankFinancial	Outperform Votes 221 50.23%	Underperform Votes 219 49.77%
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	Outperform Votes 171 53.44%	Underperform Votes 149 46.56%

Is BFIN or TRST more profitable?

TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a net margin of 18.56% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 10.60%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity of 7.37% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BankFinancial	10.60%	5.04%	0.54%
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	18.56%	7.37%	0.79%

Summary

TrustCo Bank Corp NY beats BankFinancial on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.