FSBW vs. DEFT, BFC, QCRH, OBK, OBNK, FBMS, SUPV, PFC, FSUN, and ML
Should you be buying FS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Bancorp include Defi Technologies (DEFT), Bank First (BFC), QCR (QCRH), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), First Bancshares (FBMS), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Premier Financial (PFC), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
FS Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Defi Technologies (NASDAQ:DEFT) and FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
FS Bancorp has a net margin of 16.97% compared to Defi Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. FS Bancorp's return on equity of 12.35% beat Defi Technologies' return on equity.
FS Bancorp received 228 more outperform votes than Defi Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Defi Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.07% of users gave FS Bancorp an outperform vote.
Defi Technologies has a beta of 5.25, meaning that its share price is 425% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Defi Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than FS Bancorp. FS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Defi Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Defi Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than FS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Defi Technologies and 2 mentions for FS Bancorp. FS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Defi Technologies' score of 0.59 indicating that FS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of FS Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Defi Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 114.78%. FS Bancorp has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.55%. Given Defi Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Defi Technologies is more favorable than FS Bancorp.
Summary
Defi Technologies beats FS Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FSBW) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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