EBC vs. TFSL, UMPQ, AX, BKU, PFS, AFRM, ALLY, IBIT, BSAC, and WF
Should you be buying Eastern Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Bankshares include TFS Financial (TFSL), Umpqua (UMPQ), Axos Financial (AX), BankUnited (BKU), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Affirm (AFRM), Ally Financial (ALLY), iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), and Woori Financial Group (WF).
TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) and Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Eastern Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TFS Financial currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. Given Eastern Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than TFS Financial.
Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 48.38% compared to TFS Financial's net margin of 10.97%. Eastern Bankshares' return on equity of 5.06% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
TFS Financial has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.8% of TFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TFS Financial received 276 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 48.94% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.
TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. TFS Financial pays out 418.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eastern Bankshares pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 0 mentions for TFS Financial. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat TFS Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Eastern Bankshares beats TFS Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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