FS Bancorp (FSBW) Competitors

CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCNE or FSBW?

CNB Financial has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCNE or FSBW a better dividend stock?

CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. FS Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CNB Financial pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS Bancorp pays out 25.7% 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. CNB Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and FS Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Is CCNE or FSBW more profitable?

FS Bancorp has a net margin of 16.63% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 14.50%. FS Bancorp's return on equity of 11.87% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNB Financial	14.50%	9.80%	0.88%
FS Bancorp	16.63%	11.87%	1.15%

Do analysts recommend CCNE or FSBW?

CNB Financial presently has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. FS Bancorp has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.31%. Given CNB Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than FS Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
FS Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, CCNE or FSBW?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CNB Financial	$364.58M	1.36	$54.58M	$2.33	10.16
FS Bancorp	$206.39M	1.57	$35.02M	$4.35	9.70

Does the media prefer CCNE or FSBW?

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 1 more articles in the media than FS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CNB Financial and 8 mentions for FS Bancorp. CNB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat FS Bancorp's score of 0.70 indicating that CNB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNB Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CCNE or FSBW?

52.4% of CNB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of FS Bancorp shares are held 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.

Summary

FS Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.