BVFL vs. CZWI, FGBI, FNWD, FSFG, SFBC, FCAP, RVSB, PROV, WNEB, and HMNF
Should you be buying BV Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BV Financial include Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), First Capital (FCAP), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Provident Financial (PROV), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), and HMN Financial (HMNF). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Citizens Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CZWI) and BV Financial (NASDAQ:BVFL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Citizens Community Bancorp received 186 more outperform votes than BV Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, BV Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Citizens Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BV Financial and 1 mentions for Citizens Community Bancorp. BV Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.79 equaled Citizens Community Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.
55.1% of Citizens Community Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of BV Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Citizens Community Bancorp 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.
BV Financial has a net margin of 27.28% compared to BV Financial's net margin of 13.82%. BV Financial's return on equity of 7.99% beat Citizens Community Bancorp's return on equity.
BV Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Citizens Community Bancorp. BV Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Community Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Citizens Community Bancorp beats BV Financial on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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