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$15.96 -0.13 (-0.81%)
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ECBK vs. MPB, QD, ALRS, SHBI, YRD, UNTY, BCAL, HONE, PFIS, and GNTY

Should you be buying ECB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECB Bancorp include Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Qudian (QD), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Yirendai (YRD), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), California BanCorp (BCAL), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), and Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

ECB Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB) and ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Mid Penn Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mid Penn Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than ECB Bancorp. Mid Penn Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mid Penn Bancorp$182.08M2.84$49.44M$2.889.27
ECB Bancorp$68.27M2.11$3.99M$0.5628.50

Mid Penn Bancorp has a net margin of 16.36% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 6.65%. Mid Penn Bancorp's return on equity of 8.23% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mid Penn Bancorp16.36% 8.23% 0.92%
ECB Bancorp 6.65%2.79%0.34%

In the previous week, Mid Penn Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than ECB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mid Penn Bancorp and 3 mentions for ECB Bancorp. Mid Penn Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat ECB Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Mid Penn Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mid Penn Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ECB Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

43.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Mid Penn Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.83%. Given Mid Penn Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mid Penn Bancorp is more favorable than ECB Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mid Penn Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ECB Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Mid Penn Bancorp beats ECB Bancorp on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ECBK vs. The Competition

MetricECB BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$144.12M$878.35M$12.24B$9.49B
Dividend YieldN/A3.10%5.55%4.00%
P/E Ratio28.5016.9619.0819.96
Price / Sales2.112.1926.2482.69
Price / Cash32.5848.6021.6858.45
Price / Book0.871.112.295.82
Net Income$3.99M$54.19M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-0.62%-0.72%0.79%1.94%
1 Month Performance5.84%4.74%3.81%12.02%
1 Year Performance16.50%12.21%541.45%20.81%

ECB Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECBK
ECB Bancorp
0.1164 of 5 stars
$15.96
-0.8%
N/A+18.5%$144.12M$68.27M28.5050Earnings Report
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
4.5324 of 5 stars
$28.88
-0.2%
$36.00
+24.7%
+8.1%$560.16M$309.08M10.03620News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
QD
Qudian
2.0477 of 5 stars
$3.32
-0.2%
N/A+72.3%$560.05M$29.65M13.81940
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.3622 of 5 stars
$22.12
+0.4%
$23.00
+4.0%
0.0%$558.81M$237.02M18.13840Upcoming Earnings
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.3407 of 5 stars
$16.65
+0.4%
$20.00
+20.1%
+19.8%$553.68M$326.48M11.17450Positive News
Earnings Report
YRD
Yirendai
2.6731 of 5 stars
$6.18
-0.1%
N/A+31.4%$533.99M$795.41M2.893,800News Coverage
UNTY
Unity Bancorp
3.5992 of 5 stars
$52.65
-1.1%
$56.50
+7.3%
+51.2%$533.86M$164.21M10.66230High Trading Volume
BCAL
California BanCorp
2.2091 of 5 stars
$16.70
+2.0%
$19.50
+16.8%
+12.5%$530.60M$184.56M37.11204News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
HONE
HarborOne Bancorp
3.2459 of 5 stars
$12.25
-0.1%
$13.00
+6.1%
-8.1%$528.10M$318.33M19.44640
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
0.5608 of 5 stars
$51.86
-0.3%
$53.00
+2.2%
+6.3%$519.66M$229.80M24.35400
GNTY
Guaranty Bancshares
1.9338 of 5 stars
$45.77
+1.2%
$45.00
-1.7%
+31.4%$519.07M$118.37M16.64470

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This page (NASDAQ:ECBK) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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