Catalyst Bancorp (CLST) Competitors

CFSB Bancorp (NASDAQ:CFSB) and Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CFSB or CLST?

Catalyst Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CFSB Bancorp.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CFSB Bancorp	$11.02 million	4.54	N/A	N/A	N/A
Catalyst Bancorp	$9.19 million	5.77	$180 thousand	$0.10	104.81

Is CFSB or CLST more profitable?

Catalyst Bancorp has a net margin of 4.16% compared to CFSB Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%. CFSB Bancorp's return on equity of 1.79% beat Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CFSB Bancorp	N/A	1.79%	0.37%
Catalyst Bancorp	4.16%	0.45%	0.15%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CFSB or CLST?

1.8% of CFSB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of CFSB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CFSB or CLST?

CFSB Bancorp and Catalyst Bancorp both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CFSB Bancorp	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Catalyst Bancorp	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor CFSB or CLST?

In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than CFSB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp and 0 mentions for CFSB Bancorp. CFSB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Catalyst Bancorp's average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CFSB Bancorp	Neutral
Catalyst Bancorp	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CFSB or CLST?

CFSB Bancorp has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CFSB or CLST?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CFSB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Catalyst Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Catalyst Bancorp beats CFSB Bancorp on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.