CULL vs. MGYR, LSBK, VBFC, UBOH, IROQ, SRBK, RBKB, BSBK, TCBS, and BCOW
Should you be buying Cullman Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullman Bancorp include Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), United Bancshares (UBOH), IF Bancorp (IROQ), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), Bogota Financial (BSBK), Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS), and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW).
Magyar Bancorp (NASDAQ:MGYR) and Cullman Bancorp (NASDAQ:CULL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
46.3% of Magyar Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Cullman Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Magyar Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Cullman Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Magyar Bancorp received 59 more outperform votes than Cullman Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Magyar Bancorp has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullman Bancorp has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cullman Bancorp has a net margin of 18.67% compared to Cullman Bancorp's net margin of 17.23%. Cullman Bancorp's return on equity of 7.27% beat Magyar Bancorp's return on equity.
Magyar Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cullman Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Magyar Bancorp pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullman Bancorp pays out 22.2% 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. Magyar Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Magyar Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Cullman Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Magyar Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cullman Bancorp and 3 mentions for Magyar Bancorp. Magyar Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Cullman Bancorp's score of 0.49 indicating that Cullman Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Magyar Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Cullman Bancorp. Magyar Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullman Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Magyar Bancorp beats Cullman Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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