BFIN vs. WNEB, FSFG, PROV, RVSB, TBNK, WSBF, KRNY, NFBK, BVFL, and FNWD
Should you be buying BankFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BankFinancial include Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Provident Financial (PROV), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BV Financial (BVFL), and Finward Bancorp (FNWD).
BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) and Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Western New England Bancorp has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.16%. Given Western New England Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than BankFinancial.
Western New England Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BankFinancial. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BankFinancial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Western New England Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.
BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BankFinancial pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western New England Bancorp pays out 40.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
74.9% of BankFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western New England Bancorp received 76 more outperform votes than BankFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.40% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.25% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote.
BankFinancial has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 13.45% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 13.31%. Western New England Bancorp's return on equity of 6.44% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.
Summary
Western New England Bancorp beats BankFinancial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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