CLST vs. ASRV, HFBL, BOTJ, EMCF, FUNC, CPSS, WNEB, OPBK, MYFW, and ISTR
Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include AmeriServ Financial (ASRV), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Emclaire Financial (EMCF), First United (FUNC), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), OP Bancorp (OPBK), First Western Financial (MYFW), and Investar (ISTR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) and AmeriServ Financial (NASDAQ:ASRV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Catalyst Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AmeriServ Financial. AmeriServ Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Catalyst Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AmeriServ Financial has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Catalyst Bancorp has a net margin of 5.35% compared to AmeriServ Financial's net margin of -3.91%. AmeriServ Financial's return on equity of -3.06% beat Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity.
AmeriServ Financial received 146 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave AmeriServ Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than AmeriServ Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp and 0 mentions for AmeriServ Financial. AmeriServ Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Catalyst Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that AmeriServ Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of AmeriServ Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of AmeriServ Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AmeriServ Financial beats Catalyst Bancorp on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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